This is an analysis of the poem Milton that begins with:

I pace the sounding sea-beach and behold
How the voluminous billows roll and run, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXabbacdXcdX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101011101 10010010111 1001010101 111101001100 10111100111 1011010001 1001011101 1101110001 1001010111 0101000011 11011010000 1101101101 1000110111 11010001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 646
  • Average number of words per stanza: 102
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

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