This is an analysis of the poem Lines Written By The Sea that begins with:

If thou wert standing by yon tide,
And I were standing by thy side,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddddeXffde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110111 11010111 10011101 10010111 11111111 11010101 01010001 11011101 11110101 00110111 11111100 11110101 11011101 11110101 11111111 11110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 523
  • Average number of words per stanza: 101
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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