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

Palurus.
MY Antinetta though thou be... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XababXcdXdXececXafaf XgbgbXdadaXhgXhgijijf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100 11000110 111110001 10011001 11110101 1000 11010101 110101001 11111110 11110101 100 11110111 11100011 11010111 01011101 1000 11110101 10010011 11110101 110010101 100 10111101 01010101 11000101 10110101 1000 11010101 01100110 10111111 10111101 100 11111101 11110101 1000 1101011 11000111 10 1100111101 11010111 11010101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 607
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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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