This is an analysis of the poem The Depths Of The Sea that begins with:

FOR A PICTURE BY E. BURNE JONES
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b XX bccXbccbddeffe X aggaaggacceeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,2,14,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10101111 1 101011100 100 0111000101 1101011111 1101100101 1100010100 1111011111 1001011111 0111011101 01111100000 1111010101 0111111101 11010100001 111010111110 10110101010 0111011111 1 0111011101 1001011111 1111010101 10111101001 0110010101 10010101111 1111010111 1101110101 1111010001 1101000101 1111010101 1111111111 1111011101 1111010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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; and, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of The Depths Of The Sea;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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