This is an analysis of the poem The Old Man Of The Sea that begins with:
A NIGHTMARE DREAM BY DAYLIGHT
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbc adad bebe fbfb acac dada XXXe gggg hchc ijij klkl hchcXbjbj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0111111 111011001001 111011011 011101100100 11111111 11111111111 101001001 111011101101 101011011 101001001001 101001001 11011111111 011101111 111101111111 001011001 101011101101 101011010 0010101111111 101011001 101011101101 101011001 111001101101 11011011 11011101101 11101011 101101101101 1101010010 1101111111111 111011011 101001101101 101011001 111011101101 111111001 101001101101 001011111 01001111111 001001011 111101001001 01001011 111001111111 111101001 111101101101 11011101 111011011011 001011011 111111111111 101001011 111011111111 011011011 101011001001 111101001 111011011011 101111011
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 53
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, by, he, in, his, and, ', like, of, i, have are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you're, while, and, i are repeated.
The author used the same words there's, i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
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- summary of The Old Man Of The Sea;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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