This is an analysis of the poem The Beach that begins with:
Louder than gulls the little children scream
Whom fathers haul into the jovial foam; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXX bcXbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1011010101 11010001001 1101001011 10010100110 1000100 010101111 1101011111 11000101001 0101110101 110010101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Beach;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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