This is an analysis of the poem Wild Peace that begins with:

Blue noon shines o'er the sea;
Waves break starry on the sand;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd XeXebbbb fXfXbaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111001 1110101 1111111 101001001 1110010001 11111001 1110101011 1100111 101010010 00101101 01001101 01011111 111000111 001001111 10111100101 101001011 10111 00111001 111001 00101010 10111 110110101 10100110101 10100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; in is repeated.

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