This is an analysis of the poem Where The Tides Ebb And Flow that begins with:

The ebb came
And I saw the dead eyes of the houses...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXXXXbbcXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011 1110110010 101000100101 1111101 1111001100111 110010001010 1111101 00101001 101010 11010011 111101010011 1010001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 425
  • Average number of words per stanza: 83
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and is repeated.

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

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  • history of its creation;
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