This is an analysis of the poem The Open Sea that begins with:
From my window I can see,
Where the sandhills dip, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: A b a b c d e d a c a c a e f e a a a a a d g d h c h c c a c a a g A g a e d e d X d a a f aXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110111 10101 1110101 10101 1010101 10101 1010101 10111 1011101 10101 1110101 10101 1010111 10101 1010101 10101 11101001 10101 1010101 10111 1010101 10101 1111100 10101 1010111 11101 1010101 11111 1111101 10101 1010101 10101 1010101 10001 0110111 10111 1011101 10101 1010101 00101 11111110 11101 111011 10101 1110101 00101 1010101 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 48
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 24
- Average number of words per stanza: 5
- Amount of lines: 53
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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- summary of The Open Sea;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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