This is an analysis of the poem A Song Of The Sea. that begins with:

Here within the half-light 'tween the night and day
Upon the sands I lie, with thoughts that idly stirr'd...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaBabaBcbcB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10101110111 010111011101 11001011101 11001110111 011110010001 11100010111 110011010101 11001110111 11110100111 010101000101 010011010101 11001110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 566
  • Average number of words per stanza: 119
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of A Song Of The Sea.;
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