This is an analysis of the poem Low Tide that begins with:

Along the cliff I walk in silence,
While over the blue of the waves below,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaA bcbcA bdXdA XeXeA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010111010 1100100101 0111001110 110010111 10101 1011101010 100111001 0111011110 011101101 10111 100101110 101101111 1101101010 100110101 10111 11101101010 0101111001 1110111110 111101101 10101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; in, my are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word low at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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