This is an analysis of the poem By The Seaside : The Secret Of The Sea that begins with:

Ah! what pleasant visions haunt me
As I gaze upon the sea!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaba Xcbc deXe XbXb Xdfd gcfc eegX dabX gbfbXeaga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101011 1110101 10101010 1111101 10111010 1110101 10100010 1010001 10101010 1111101 00101100 1010101 10111011 1011101 001010010 10100101 10101100 0010101 10111010 1010001 11101011 1011111 10101110 1010101 10111010 1110011 10101010 1111101 11101110 1010001 10111010 1010100 011110010 0110101 10111010 1110100 11101010 1010001 10100110 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words all, and, in are repeated.

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

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