This is an analysis of the poem Shells From The Coast Mistaking that begins with:

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Shells from the Coast mistaking—... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 10011000 1100110 10001010 0101010 100110001000 11010100 1000011000 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
  • Average number of words per stanza: 12
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Shells From The Coast Mistaking;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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