This is an analysis of the poem By The Seaside : The Evening Star that begins with:
Lo! in the paintedoriel of the West,
Whose panes the sunken sun incarnadines, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbaabbaXcXcaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1001000001 11010110000 10110101001 0101010111 1110110101 01010010101 010110101 0101110101 1101011100 1101110101 11110010101 1111000101 1101101111 1011010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 582
- Average number of words per stanza: 104
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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, of, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.
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