This is an analysis of the poem The Wide Ocean that begins with:

Ocean, if you were to give, a measure, a ferment, a fruit
of your gifts and destructions, into my hand,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefg hdbdffbdhg Xaafad XffX hXfbf feXafidd dffcfXXidcffcdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,10,6,4,5,8,15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100101000101 01111000011 1111110111101 11001001110 10100111 110110110 10010110100 1010101001 11011101 01001110001 10101001 010100010 01001011001 0010110101 0110110 1110101001 00100100 10011010011 11010101 0011001 0010011100 100101011 10010010 0101 10010010010 0101101 1010011000 111110100 0111110 11001100100 111001001 111110110 11010110 1011010110 010101010 110001001 11011 100101001 111110110 11011010 01010011110 0101010010 1100101100 0010010101001 110111 100101 110100101 100110110 110100011 010011001 1100100110 0110011 110100001 0110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; your, of, that are repeated.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Wide Ocean;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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