This is an analysis of the poem Sung To A Friend that begins with:
The tide is rising, rising
Out of the infinite sea;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdeb abeecb abeXXb abdXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101010 1001001 01001010 11011110 01000110 110110 0101010 101111 01001010 1101110 01001010 110110 01111010 100101 11111110 01010011 0110010 110110 10111010 111001 1010011010 101110010 11001010 011111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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