This is an analysis of the poem Mid-Ocean In War-Time that begins with:

The fragile splendour of the level sea,
The moon's serene and silver-veiled face,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcabbc adadad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0101000101 010111011 1001010101 1011110100 1101110100 1001011101 1011010101 1111010100 1101010101 1101011101 01010101001 1001110101 11111101001 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 294
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

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