This is an analysis of the poem November Surf that begins with:

Some lucky day each November great waves awake and are
drawn...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdXefgXdXgXXcgaefge
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011010110111 1 110101001 111100101100101 100 0110011011 010111101001001 0101000111 11111100101010 0010 10110010100 1101001001001111 10 0100110101 110001001101101 1 001001011011 01011010101011 100 010101110110 10101001001010001 010001010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 914
  • Average number of words per stanza: 161
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of November Surf;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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