This is an analysis of the poem Water that begins with:

It was a Maine lobster town—
each morning boatloads of hands...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb ddbd cdXc dXXX Xdae deed fggb bbfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101101 1101101 11110 101010 111001 11101 1101 10101 1011011 011011 10001 1011101 0101110101 001001 01010 0101011010 10110 010011 1001001 11101 01101 11111 111001 1101 1111 10011100011 11001 10100011 11111 10111 001001 01011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 Water;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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