This is an analysis of the poem The Three Girls On The Sea-Shore that begins with:

The three girls on the sea-shore
have seen the Virgin mother passing...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXa XbcX debc Abbf bXfbXXbbAcedc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111011 110101010 01011000 11111010 1110101 10101010 10010101 1111101 110101101 111010101 1111010 0100101 11110110 111011010 01010101010 111010110 11010111 11011111 1000101110 1111100110 111101011000 11011001 1011110010 11110110 110111101101 111010101 11111101 11101100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; alone is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word ah at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Three Girls On The Sea-Shore;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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