This is an analysis of the poem Seaweed, Tussock And Fern that begins with:

Emblems of storm and danger,
Spindrift and mountain stern,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbAB abAb AXaB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001110 101101 1110010 111011 1001110 11101001 1001110 111011 1110010 1111010 010101110 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

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