This is an analysis of the poem Outre Mer that begins with:
I see, as one in dreaming,
A broad, bright, quiet sea; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbXdXdedfd dgXgcgegehih ceaeXdfdXfiX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111010 111101 0101010 110111 1111010 111101 11011010 110111 1101110 110111 1101010 110101 0101010 111101 0100010 110001 1101010 110101 1101010 111101 1101110 1101111 1101010 110101 0101010 111111 1101010 101101 1111110 110111 0111010 110011 1110110 111001 0101010 111000
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 454
- Average number of words per stanza: 64
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; have is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, sweet, and are repeated.
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