This is an analysis of the poem The Rock Pool that begins with:

This is the sea. In these uneven walls
A wave lies prisoned. Far and far away...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcacaaaaXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0001010101 0111011101 1001010111 0101011101 1001010001 1100010011 10110101001 1101010011 1101011101 10011101101 1101110101 0101100011 1101101101 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 595
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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 is repeated.

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  • summary of The Rock Pool;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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