This is an analysis of the poem The Voice Of Ocean that begins with:

A cry went through the darkness; and the moon,
Hurrying through storm, gazed with a ghastly face,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacbbcadeade
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0111010101 10011100101 1101010111 0101111101 0011010101 1001010011 11001010101 1101110101 10011100111 1111011001 1001000111 0100010101 0101011111 1101110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 625
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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 words of, her are repeated.

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  • summary of The Voice Of Ocean;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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