This is an analysis of the poem How Tuneful Is The Voice Of Sea that begins with:

How tuneful is the voice of sea,
What true accord in ocean's murmur,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXb bcXa cddc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000101 110101010 100111010 11010100 01010100 0100100011 110111010 10010011 11011001 100101100 010101010 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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