This is an analysis of the poem Seashore that begins with:
I heard or seemed to hear the chiding Sea
Say, Pilgrim, why so late and slow to come? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcdefggggbfffXd aXgafge XXhaffXXfh ihXghhg Xcjgbfija
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,7,10,7,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111010101 1101111101 1111111101 0111110111 1111010001 1111011111 1101011100 1101010011 1101110111 0101010101 1111010101 1011111101 1101010001 1101110011 1011001101 1111011101 101111 0101 0101010011 1100100101 1101011001 1101010001 1001110001 0100110111 1011110100 1011010111 1001011101 1101111111 1101111111 1111110001 1100101010 1001010111 0101111111 0111010101 1011010101 0101110001 1011100101 0101000101 1110011111 0100010101 1011110101 11111100 0101010001 1111111101 01001010001 1111110001 0111110111 1011111101 1111010111 0101111111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 413
- Average number of words per stanza: 76
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- 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; my, thy, and, of, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words my, was, they are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases vain, they connect the lines.
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- summary of Seashore;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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