This is an analysis of the poem The Sailor's Grave At Clo-Oose, V.I. that begins with:

Out of the winds' and the waves' riot,
Out of the loud foam,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef eaea cgcg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001101010 10011 111000110 1011 111111110 10111 1110110110 0011 1110101110 11111 110110110 0101 1110111010 10011 0010110110 1011 1101101110 00111 1001101010 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; and is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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