In Southern Seas by Dora Sigerson Shorter: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem In Southern Seas that begins with:

In southern seas we sailed, my love and I,
In southern seas....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaaccddXbbb eeffddaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101111111 0101 1111010111 111001 110110101111101 11011101011111 01010100010101 110111111101 01100111111101 111111011111 0101110101 0101 1111010101 111001 11011001011111 01011101111101 01011101001 0101110111 1111010011001 1101011111 1101111101 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 530
  • Average number of words per stanza: 99
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; in, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, death's, the are repeated.

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  • summary of In Southern Seas;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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