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

Beautiful, cold, freshness of light reveals
The black masts, mirrored with their shadowy spars,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaa bcbc dede ff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1001100101 01110011001 0111010111 1100110101 1101101101 1011011101 0111101101 1100010101 1101101111 1111011111 01001001101 0101010001 1111111101 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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.

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

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