This is an analysis of the poem Plaint that begins with:

Dark, deep, and cold the current flows
Unto the sea where no wind blows,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaa aaa aAA aaA aaa aAa aaaXaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 10011111 10011111 100111111 01010111 10011111 11111111 01000101 10011111 11010111 01111111 10011111 11111111 11111111 11011111 11111101 01000101 01010011 01011111 11011111 11010111 110011111 11111111 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; no, none, with are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same words knows, shows at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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