This is an analysis of the poem A Sea Song that begins with:

Old Albion sat on a crag of late,
And sung out—'Ahoy! ahoy!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcCb Xdedccd efefcCf gbgbddX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100110101 1111001 11001001001 1001101 11011 10111 1101101 100100100111 0111101 1110100101 10100101 10111 00101 1111111 1011011001 1110111 1100101001 1101111 11011 10111 1011111 110101101111 1011101 10110100111 11101010 11011 11111 1101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • 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.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Sea Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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