This is an analysis of the poem It Took Place At The Sea that begins with:

It took place at the sea, in the foam of the ocean,
Where the carriage of city rarely arrives....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXab XXcb cdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111010010010 10100101001 001000100111010 10101001101 0111010011101 011101100001 1111011011010 101011001101 1110010010010 1010011101101 0111011010110 101011011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

    The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of It Took Place At The Sea;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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