This is an analysis of the poem Seashore that begins with:

On the seashore of endless worlds children meet.
The infinite sky is motionless overhead ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abcdd bdcXd ccec fGeXeG AhfhXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,4,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110101101 010010100101 1010100100 10110101 010101110 1111001 1110101 01011111 1100101011 10111101101 1111011111011 110111101011 1101010110001 111110101111011 01101010 111010011 11011100100010 10101011001010 011010 111010011 10110101101 10100101 111001010 10011101 1011010100 110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; with, they are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Seashore;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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