One by Conrad Potter Aiken: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem One that begins with:

One, where the pale sea foamed at the yellow sand,
With wave upon slowly shattering wave,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabXa ccadcdXXdbdbdcdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110111010101 0101101001 100100101101 1101101001010 111010100101 101010101001 010100111001 00111 1110101001010 010010110010 1010100101111 10010010111011010 1110010100101 01010010111 110100101011 01111110111 01110010111 111010101 1101011 1011101100101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 331
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word along at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of One;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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