This is an analysis of the poem Seaweed From Mars that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXcdbcdeeccccXcbXXcfgabXccbadceggfdccffcccceccXdXhheecceXddddeeeeXceeccddccXgfgceeiecei bbXXddfbbffddf bbjjaaccbbkakaaccaleelaeeeeccccffeeggffeeXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 89,14,43,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111010001 1011101 11011111 1001101 1101001 11111101 10101001 1111111 111010001 1011111 01010011 1011101 010101001 110101 1 1010111 10110010 01010111 1010100 10010100100 10111 010100001 1101111 11010010 100010010 011110110 01110110 1001001 1100101 01001101 101101 101101 1010100001 0101011 01011101 0001010 11010010001 0111111 110101 111111 010101010 1110101 11010101 11110101 0101011 11010111 1001010 10111 0011010101 1 1111001 1011011 1001011011 1111010111 1011101 011101001 01110111 1110011010 11010001 11010101 11010101 11010101 11011101 11010111 010100101 01111101 1010101 11010001 11110101 01010111 01110111 0100101011 10010100 11010101 01010101 11010111 1 0101010 1010101 0111110 0100101 01011101 111100111 010010011 010101001 0110101 01111101 11010101 1110001 1110111 10100110 10101010 1000101 1111101 1010111 01010011 1010001 01011111 10110011 10101001 00110111 1110101 11010101 11011101 01011111 11000111 01100101 01011111 01110101 11011101 011100111 11010101 01111101 11111111 11011111 01110111 1 11111101 11011101 01011111 11010100 1001011 1011101 11010100 11011101 0101010111 101001 1100100111 0101000101 11101001 111111 11110101011 10100101 01010101 11110111 01001101 01001101 11010101 0100101001 11010101 01001000101 01010101 11101101 110010111 01010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1573
  • Average number of words per stanza: 288
  • Amount of lines: 146
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; sound, and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, the are repeated.

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  • summary of Seaweed From Mars;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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