This is an analysis of the poem Sea’s Answer, The that begins with:

I
I am the Sea, which God’s controlling hand... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabbXaacc Xccdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1 1101110101 1001 0100010011 0100 1 1011011101 1101 1101011111 1111 1 0100110101 1111 1101000101 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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