This is an analysis of the poem Westward that begins with:
My thoughts like waves creep up, creep on,
How patient is the sea!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaaa XaXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111111 110001 11110111 100111 01011101 111110 11110101 01101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Westward;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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- critical appreciation.
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