This is an analysis of the poem The Surfer that begins with:

He thrust his joy against the weight of the sea;
climbed through, slid under those long banks of ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcXddece baac cffcff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,4,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101001 111101110 1 1110001100110 10111101011 0111010 100111110010 11011101 110100101110 0111010001 1101111011 11011000011 1011010111 10011110110 11010111110 1111101111 011100111111 11101110110 1111001110110 010101001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 311
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines water is repeated).

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

  • summary of The Surfer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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