This is an analysis of the poem Sandpiper that begins with:
The roaring alongside he takes for granted,
and that every so often the world is bound to shake....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd Xddd daXa XcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01001111110 11100110010101 111100110010 0010011001001 01101110101 0101010111 11010011101 11111101001 101001001010 11011100101 10010110111 1110101 0100111010 01111101 010110110111 01010100101 101101010 111001 01001111111 101111100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; he, his, and, something are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Sandpiper;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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