This is an analysis of the poem Cleave Thou The Waves that begins with:
Cleave thou the waves that weltering to and fro
Surge multitudinous. The eternal Powers ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabba bXbbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11011100011 110000001010 011101010010 011010101 0101111101 011100101010 00111001010 101100010001 1101010101 11001010101 1101110101 01110010111 01001010101 0100011101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 316
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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