This is an analysis of the poem The Three Voices that begins with:
The waves have a story to tell me,
As I lie on the lonely beach;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcb dedefe Xagaha cihiXi hfXfgf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 011010011 11110101 10010011 01101001 1011110010 1101001 01101010 0111111 01001010 0100111 011100101 0101101 01001010 111111 10010011 101111 1011010 10100101 101110110 11100101 11001010 0010101 101101001001 1100101 11011010 101101 111010011 101001001 101101110 1101001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, and are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Three Voices;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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