This is an analysis of the poem The Barren Shore that begins with:
Full many sing to me and thee
Their riches gather'd by the sea;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXBccbBddbBeeXBffbB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111 11010101 11011010 01000101 01011101 00111001 11010101 11000101 11110101 11111111 11010101 11000101 11101110 11010100 01011110 11000101 01010101 11111111 11000111 01000101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 672
- Average number of words per stanza: 132
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, as, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
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- summary of The Barren Shore;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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