This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet -- The Mariner that begins with:
THE SEA-BEAT MARINER, whose watchful eye
Full many a boist'rous night hath wak'd to weep;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab XaXa cXcXdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 0111001101 110010111001 1011010001 1011100101 11010101010 1101000101 1101010101 1001010101 0101010101 11100010010100 1101011111 0101010101 0101010111 1011110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; he is repeated.
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- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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