This is an analysis of the poem The Surgery Of The Sea that begins with:

At the furthermost reach of the sea
where Atlantis sinks under the wake of the waves,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abX cdbc XdddX bXad XXdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,5,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101001001 101011001001 1110111 1101010101 011010001 0111010011 101 1110010101 0101011 10111 011101101 11101101 1110011 111001010101 11101011101 011111011 0001100 000100101 001111101 101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, this are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, the, this are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines skin is repeated).

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  • summary of The Surgery Of The Sea;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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