This is an analysis of the poem Singer Of The Sea, The that begins with:

In Memory of Celia Thaxter.
There is a shadow on the sea! ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bccXde dbbdebfdggbdcc bXbhhiigg bbc cbbjjjdkdkccdd ddldlfbgbgjjbg bhhcchaadd Xbd djddmmbf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,14,9,3,14,14,10,3,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010001010 10011101 1010101 0010101 1010100 1011111 1010011 1110011 1110101 1010101 1010101 1010111 1110111 1110100 1010011 11100101 1110111 1010001 1010001 1001111 1110101 1110101 1110100 1011101 1010101 1010101 1101101 1010101 1010101 1010111 1111000 1011111 1010111 1010101 1010101 0010101 1010100 0010101 1010111 0011101 1110101 1100101 1010111 1000111 1111101 10010101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010111 10101011 1110101 1010100 1010111 011011 1010011 1011101 0100111 1110100 1010101 0110101 1110101 1010001 01010101 1010111 1010111 1011111 1011110 1111100 1110011 1010101 1110101 1010101 0010101 1000100 10101101 11010101 1010101 1011101 1010101 1001101 1110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 82
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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