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

This celestial seascape, with white herons got up as angels,
flying high as they want and as far as they want sidewise ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabXacdccXXbedcfXdgegf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001010011011110 10111111111111 011100100010 0110001010 100101110 01111100110 101010010 110010000101000111 1010011110 10100001110110 011010101 001110110100101 011110 1010011101 01111001 1110111110 111110010101 110101010011 1111100110 1001110110 1110010101011 110111001010 1010011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1065
  • Average number of words per stanza: 185
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; as, that are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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