This is an analysis of the poem Group From Tartarus that begins with:

Hark! like the sea in wrath the heavens assailing,
Or like a brook through rocky basin wailing,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbcdcd bXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 110101010010 11011101010 1001010100 0101001101 1101010101 1011110001 111101101 11101110 11001111001 10110010110 111011001001 1010010100100 110010010010 1010100110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 319
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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