This is an analysis of the poem The Rock And The Bubble that begins with:

Oh! a bare, brown rock
Stood up in the sea, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcd ebab fbgb Xchc ibjb bgcX kbfd cbkb cfhf bbXX cccc bkkk baba lili fjfX Xkak lmlm efmf agkg XbkX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 11001 01101 10100 01010 11101 11001 00101 101011 11111 00101 11101 11111 11101 11001 11011 1000101 01001 01101 00111 101111 10111 111001 111100 10111 11001 01101 11100 10111 11101 11111 010011 101011 11011 11101 01101 100111 00111 11111 101110 10111 01101 10111 01101 10101 11001 10111 00101 101111 11111 10111 11011 11011 1111 11011 11101 101101 00101 10101 101110 10101 00101 10101 11101 11011 10011 00101 10111 11110 11111 101100 11001 100101 11111 11011 11011 101010 11010 10101 011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, you, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Rock And The Bubble;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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