This is an analysis of the poem I Cast My Net Into The Sea that begins with:

In the morning I cast my net into the sea.
I dragged up from the dark abyss things of strange aspect and strange beauty -- some shone like a...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X X X a X X a X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001011110001 1110010110111111011101110111101101001 1001101111111000101010010010 1101010101111011111111110 11101111111111011110 111101111111111011000101111111 101111101110001 001010011101110000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 102 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 21
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, like, some, of, them, not, in, they are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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