This is an analysis of the poem Soft White that begins with:

When the sea is as grey as her eyes
On these days for sure       &nb sp;the soft white...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXa XcXb bdXd XXaa XXXX Xdca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011101 111110111 110001011010 01110110 100100001 110101011 101101110 0110101011 0001000011 101100110 010010010 00111110 010111111 1101001100 0011011101 0110101111 01111100 1010100101 100110 01100101 1001010100 01001001010 01011110001 0101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 290
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 72 (very long strings)
  • 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; on, as, bsp, n, her are repeated.

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

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

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