This is an analysis of the poem The Cavern By The Sea that begins with:
The tropical islands of Tonga
In the Southern Pacific sea lie... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb dddd aefe ghfh cbci dhjh kbkb cdcd lmlm chcX feae Xfnf fjfj fofg cncn ffcf cmcm fpop XXjp cdcd dbcX cjcj lmfm cjcj ilil jojo gjkj Xpcp igXg cjcj lhph cjXj cmcm jjjjXieie
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010010010 001001011 110011110 11001011 1110010011 01011101 1010111111 11011001 0110010010 101011011 111010010 11001101 110110110 11011101 1110010010 111001001 010111110 111011001 1100010010 11001100 111010010 11111011 011011010 001001001 111110010 11101011 1110101010 01011001 010010010 11001101 101000110010 11001001 1111110010 11011011 110010110 11111011 1010010010 110001011 111010010 1010111010 1110110010 101001111 1010110010 11001011 111010100 11001001 110111010 11001001 111011010 11001011 10110100010 101011101 111111010 110010001 010010010 101001001 011010010 100001011 1011100010 101101011 011010010 11101001 1110010010 1010101101 110011010 101001011 1110110110 111011001 1011010110 01011001 11110110010 11001101 010010100 101111010 1011010010 101101011 111010110 101001001 1011010110 11101001 110111011 11101001 1011100010 101 111010010 001101101 1011010010 001101101 010011110 101111001 1110010010 11101101 0110111010 101011011 110110110 01011101 110110110 101011101 0011010110 11101101 110010110 101011101 111110110 001101011 111010110 01001011 111010110 11011111 111011010 01001001 0010010010 01011001 111011010 01001001 110010011 101001111 111010010 010011001 111010010 01101011 011011010 01001001 110011110 111001101 011010010 010001001 1010110010 11001001 011110010 01111001 1011010010 11001001 0011010110 101001011 1010111010 101011001 110111010 101011011 0011010010 111001101
- Amount of stanzas: 35
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 140
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; its, and, his, my, he, her, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, no, a, her are 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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