This is an analysis of the poem 'The Old Man Of The Sea.' that begins with:

GRIEVOUS, in sooth, was luckless Sindbad's plight,
Saddled with that foul monster of the sea; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaabbcac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1001110101 1001110001 11011100101 1111110101 11001011101 0111010111 10011110110 1101011101 1111111111 1101000111 0111111101 1101010111 1101110101 1111010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 644
  • Average number of words per stanza: 113
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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.

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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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