This is an analysis of the poem Sutherland’s Grave that begins with:
ALL NIGHT long the sea out yonder—all night long the wailful sea,
Vext of winds and many thunders, seeketh rest unceasingly!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbaaccbbdd eebbffggeehhii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,14,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011101110101 101110101011000 101010101110101 101110101011101 111110101010101 101110100010111 101011100010101 101110101010101 111011101010101 1000010101011101 101010101000111 101110101011101 111010101010101 1110011101110101 1010101110101001 101011101110111 101010101011101 101110101111100 111010101010111 111110101010101 101110101010101 100010101010101 101111101010101 101010101010111 111011001010111 001010101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 871
- Average number of words per stanza: 149
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 66 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; rest, seeketh, and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word dropping is repeated.
The author used the same word all at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Sutherland’s Grave;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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