This is an analysis of the poem Lullaby; By The Sea that begins with:
Fair is the castle up on the hill--
Hushaby, sweet my own!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBaccB dBdccB ebeccB cBcaab XXXeeB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 100101101 100111 010110111 10101001101 001010101 100111 11010101 100111 11001001011 11111111 1010111101 100111 11110111 11111 1001001001 11011111 1010011111 100111 110110111 100111 011010101 110101101 111011100 100111 11010101 10001110 010100101 10101100101 100101101 100111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word own at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Lullaby; By The Sea;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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