This is an analysis of the poem Loss And Waste that begins with:

Up to far Osteroe and Suderoe
The deep sea-floor lies strewn with Spanish wrecks,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaX bcbcdada ee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 10110110 0111110101 10101011101 10101000110 01001110101 1011110101 1101110101 1101010001 0111110101 1111011101 1111011101 1100110001 1101111001 0101111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Loss And Waste;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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