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

The Sea called--I lay on the rocks and said:
"I am come."... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbaaXbXXXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111110111 101100 111101 1010111 10100110 101111101011 10111101010 11110010 1100101001110 11101010111110 100111011001001 10011010110 1010111110010 11110111111 10 1100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 654
  • Average number of words per stanza: 118
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; i is repeated.

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

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