This is an analysis of the poem The Beach Of Shells that begins with:

There is a beach upon a western shore
Which those who know it call the Beach of Shells,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba bbb bbb bcb cXc XbX bdb ded efe fgf ghg hah afXXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001010101 1111010101 11010101001 10010100111 0101001101 0101111101 11001010101 1101100101 1101110101 0100111011 0101011101 0111010111 0111000101 0101010101 11001101001 1111100100 1101011101 1100011000 0111010011 1111010111 111011010101 11010101001 1101110111 1001010101 1101010101 1111000111 0101110100 1111010111 1110111111 1101010100 0111010101 11010011101 11010010111 1101111101 01010010101 1101011111 1111101111 1101000101 101101010010 1111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, of are repeated.

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

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

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