This is an analysis of the poem It's Forth Across The Roaring Foam that begins with:

IT'S forth across the roaring foam, and on towards the west,
It's many a lonely league from home, o'er many a mountain crest,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccbb ddbb eebb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01010101110101 01001010110100101 01010101010101 0101110010101 110111001110101 11011100110111 01111111011111 0110010010101 11111101110111 0101011110101 01011111110101 1101011010101 11011101110101 11110101011101 01010101111111 01010101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 239
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, been are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it's, where are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word gold at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of It's Forth Across The Roaring Foam;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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