This is an analysis of the poem Blue that begins with:
The earth again like a ship steams out of the dark sea over
The edge of the blue, and the sun stands up to see us glide... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd edfd XgXg geeg ebeb hdhd dhd iii aga cfc hXhXece
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,3,3,3,3,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 010110111001110 01001101110111 1000010110010 1001010101 1101110101010 111100100101 11010011010010 01100101111 101110001110011 111100111110 0010011011110 01010100111011 100111111001001 111111010111101101 1001010011111101 11101001011111 01110100101 10011010111110111 111001001001 01001001001111101 110101110101 010110111101 111110110111 01011110011 11101001100010 11001110100101 11111100100101 010101100101 1101011001 111001011 0111001 10010110101 11010001001 001101001001 010101001110 110010111010 010101010 1101001110 0010100100 1111010 10010111 101111110 011111 0101110101 11010101110 010001
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, of are repeated.
The author used the same word runs at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Blue;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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