This is an analysis of the poem Size And Tears that begins with:
When on the sandy shore I sit,
Beside the salt sea-wave,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc dcdcaX efefgg chchaa gcgcXX ididXa XgXgjj cXcXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111 010111 11000101 011111 01010111 100010011 110101101 110011 11011101 010001 11111101 011111110 11111101 111101 01110110 110101 01010111 110010101 110011101 1111110 11111101 1101110 01111111 01011111 01110101 011111 11011111 011001 11101111 010101110 11000111 110101 11011101 010101 1011111010 11111111 1010111010 1010011 10011101 111111 01110101 01010101 101011101 111101 11011111 1101010 01110101 11111111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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- summary of Size And Tears;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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