This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet Xxxiv (You Are The Daughter Of The Sea) that begins with:
You are the daughter of the sea, oregano's first cousin.
Swimmer, your body is pure as the water;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbc dbcX dad ded eXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110100011000110 10110011010 11101101 10111010101001 1111010101011 11110011011 110110010101 11011010011 11110001010 10110100010 00110110111 1111110010011 11101111111 10011101011 01011010 01011
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word your is repeated.
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- summary of Sonnet Xxxiv (You Are The Daughter Of The Sea);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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