This is an analysis of the poem The Sea-Seekers that begins with:
ALL four of us were inland born
And inland reared from birth were we,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBabcacaddddefXfghghciciaBabcgcgcjcjgkgkcacakfkfejejlclcbbbbmdmdcncnmeme
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 72,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010111 11110101 11010111 11110101 11011111 011111001 11010101 11010101 01110111 110111001 11011101 01111101 11011101 11110111 01010101 01011111 11010101 01011101 01011101 11010101 01011111 01010011 01100101 01011101 11010111 11110101 11010001 11010101 11111111 11111101 01110101 11011101 01110111 01111001 11110111 111110101 11011111 01010011 11111101 11000101 01010101 01110101 11010001 11011101 11011101 01010101 11111101 11011111 11010101 01011101 01111011 11010111 01010101 11111001 11110111 11011101 01111001 11011101 11110101 11010101 01110111 11010101 11000101 01110111 11011101 1100001010 01101001 110101010 11110101 01010111 11010101 11000101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2551
- Average number of words per stanza: 481
- Amount of lines: 72
- 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; and, of, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, we, of, the are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase we connects the lines.
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