This is an analysis of the poem An Evening Thought that begins with:

WRITTEN AT SEA
IF sometimes in the dark blue eye,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a abXbcbcb dedefgfg hihifjfj babakbkb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011 00100111 100111 111100100 110101 11010001 110001 11011111 110101 01100101 110101 110100101 101111 11111111 011111 11110011 110111 11111101 111101 11110110 111111 01111101 111101 01010101 010101 01010101 110101 11010101 011101 1001110010 110101 110101010 011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; that is repeated.

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

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase gone connects the lines.

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  • summary of An Evening Thought;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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