This is an analysis of the poem To N. V. De G. S. that begins with:
THE UNFATHOMABLE sea, and time, and tears,
The deeds of heroes and the crimes of kings ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbXcdaXaXabXXedaeaXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 00100011111 0101010101 1011010001 1111000111 1101110101 1101110101 1001111111 1101010111 11010010101 1111011101 1001111101 1001011111 1101110011 1011101001 0101100011 1111110101 0111011101 0101000110 1101110111 1011010111 001010101100 1011111110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 964
- Average number of words per stanza: 176
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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