This is an analysis of the poem The Mermaid that begins with:
Up cam the tide wi' a burst and a whush,
And back gaed the stanes wi' a whurr;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXX XaXX bXbX aXXX XaXa cXcX dedX Xefe aXXX XXff XfXX edXd fgfg eheh XXXd XdXX bXbX XbXbXbbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101101101 111010101 01110101001 01011011 1100101101 0101111 1101101010 1100101 1011111101 0111010 0010110111 11011101 111111111 01111010 01011011001 1011001 11011111011 1010111 1110110101 1110101 111101111 0110111 01111101001 1110101 011111111 11111101 11011101 1101101 1111101001 1110101 110110111 1100111 110111101 1110111 101010111 1010101 1100101111 1110111 1101101001 110101 11111101 110101 110111101 1110101 11010100111 1100101 1110111001 10110101 1110110101 1100111 101111111 1010111 111111111 111101 11111011011 11001101 1110111010 101011011 110111011 1110101 111011101 1010111 11111100101 11010101 01110111 1101110 111100101 10101111 11011101101 10111101 011110111 10100111 1100110101 101101011 110111101 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her, quaiet, lay, she, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, her, and, he are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word he at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Mermaid;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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