This is an analysis of the poem The Walrus And The Carpenter that begins with:
The sun was shining on the sea,
Shining with all his might:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdb XefegX aadaga HgagXX ifgXhf ijcjfX kgagdg Xbbblb kfbfdf Hlclgl gdidbd gbXXhb ggdgfX glaXgX kXBimX gcfXBX gXbdmd heXede
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110101 100101 10010101 010111 10110101 010001 01110100 011101 11110001 100111 11010111 111101 01111110 010111 11110101 111001 11010101 101101 01010100 010111 11110101 110001 10010110 111101 11010101 101101 111000101 111101 11110100 110101 11011101 010001 11010101 010101 11010111 010101 01010111 1100111 01010101 110101 10011011 010101 11110101 110101 11011101 110111 10110111 110101 11010100 110101 11111111 111111 11010101 1100001 01010100 110111 11110101 01001 11010101 110001 111100101 110101 01111101 010011 11010101 110111 11010101 101111 11011101 110111 11010100 111111 11010101 111101 10110001 110001 10110101 110101 11110101 100101 10110110 010101 110100101 110101 11110101 1111010 01001101 110101 11101111 1101110 110100101 110101 10110111 110111 01001101 110111 1111101 1101000 01111101 100101 10010100 010101 11010100 110101 11010110 110111 10110101 10101001
- Amount of stanzas: 18
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 108
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, and, more, of, ' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, no, their, and, of, 'i are repeated.
The author used the same words the, 'it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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