This is an analysis of the poem When I Go Up To Work The Young Blue Sea that begins with:

When I go up to work the young blue sea
Has not awaked from dreams: ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbaaXaXbXccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111010111 1110001 0101011100 01 11 11 001101 1111110101 101100 100100101110 01 11 01 011000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 338
  • Average number of words per stanza: 67
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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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