This is an analysis of the poem The Sea-Maiden that begins with:

Like summer waves on sands of snow,
Soft ringlets clasp her neck and brow, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccccccccddbbee Xbff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 11010111 110010101 010101001 11111101 001010101 010111101 110011101 11010101 01010001 01010111 001011101 001011101 0010011111 101001101001 10100101101 0010101111 001101101001 0101010 100100101 11010101 00110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 438
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, her are repeated.

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