By The Sea by Henry Kendall: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem By The Sea that begins with:

The Caves of the sea have been troubled to-day
With the water which whitens, and widens, and fills;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcddbcbcefeff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01001101001 001011011011 101011011001 101111001001 01111101101 01001001 111111001101 10111101 1101101 110110011011 11011011011 111001111101 101101001101 11101101101 11001001 11001101001 10111011 11011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 794
  • Average number of words per stanza: 160
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9

  • 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; and, there, your, of are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines there, home are repeated).

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  • summary of By The Sea;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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