This is an analysis of the poem Waiting And Wishing that begins with:
I loiter by this surging sea,
Here, by this surging, sooming sea,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabbaaaa cccaadddd ccceebbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 11010101 11010111 1010101 1010101 00101010101 10101 1010101 1010111 11110101 11010101 11010101 10100111 1010111 01101010101 10101 1010101 1010101 11110101 110110101 11110101 1010101 1010101 01101010101 11101 1110101 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; by, this, sea, ever, spirit, some, lives are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words here, by, some, where, all, peace are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sea, lives, me, roam, storms, groan, heart are repeated).
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- summary of Waiting And Wishing;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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