This is an analysis of the poem Fair Weather that begins with:

This level reach of blue is not my sea;
Here are sweet waters, pretty in the sun,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbcb adadcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0101010111 1111010001 11010101000 0111011101 00110111010 0101110011 1101010101 1100011101 1101110101 10010100101 1011000111 10010010101 1101011001 1011110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 291
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of is repeated.

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

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