This is an analysis of the poem A Little Bunch of Islands in the Sea that begins with:

We aren't much to look at if you judge us by the map;
Just a little bunch of Islands in the sea....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacddddeeeeEe fbfcgghhheeEEe ebeciihhheeEee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010110111101 10101010001 101010101110101 111010100 101101011101010 011111111101010 1111011111101 111011100011101 1010101 0110111 11111101110111 11 1011101 11011101011111 11100101110111 10101010001 11110100110001 0111010100 111101011111110 010101010111110 1110101 1010111 101010101110101 11101010110111 11111001110111 11 1011101 11010101010111 01111100110101 10101010001 1010100100111101 00111110100 1111110011111110 010101010101010 1110111 1010001 101110101010001 11111011110111 111010100010001 11 1010101 111010101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 663
  • Average number of words per stanza: 127
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words we're, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word we 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 it is repeated).

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

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  • summary of A Little Bunch of Islands in the Sea;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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