This is an analysis of the poem Contrast that begins with:
The world has many seas, Mediterranean, Atlantic, but
here is the shore of the one ocean....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXdeX cdebXXeXd XdaabXd Xa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,9,7,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111011001000101 100100110 110101011010 010100101010 110101101010 1010010101 11 1110010101010010 11101011 111010101011 10101000101 111001001100 0101010011001 1001011111 11110111100100 0101001 1101101100 1110001101010 001001010010 1001101 10111000101011 101001110 010 01011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; one is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Contrast;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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