This is an analysis of the poem By The Sea. that begins with:

The heat is on the sea, and Noon
Has hushed the sounds upon the shore;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacdcdeXbefgfghXXhXfXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 11010101 10010101 10010101 11111101 10010101 11110101 01111101 01111001 10011111 10110101 101011101 10010101 01010101 01110101 10000101 11110011 11010101 11101100 11010111 11011101 01011101 11011110 11111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 833
  • Average number of words per stanza: 164
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, as, the are repeated.

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  • summary of By The Sea.;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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