This is an analysis of the poem Just As The Ocean Cradles Our Earth's Orb... that begins with:
Just as the ocean cradles our earth's orb,
This earthly life's by dreams surrounded;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXa aXXa aXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101010111 010111010 110101 01010101 0001010111 01010100010 011111110001 00010011 010010101001 1010001001 1111010111 100101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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