This is an analysis of the poem On Revisiting The Sea-Shore, After Long Absence, Under Strong Medical Recommendation Not To Bathe that begins with:
God be with thee, gladsome Ocean!
How gladly greet I thee once more!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab aXac dede dfdf gcgc eheh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011010 11011111 11111010 11010111 100101010 11011111 11101010 11110101 10101110 11011101 100101110 11110011 10101110 01010101 10111010 010111001 10101010 10100101 10100010 0111001 11111011 1101001 10011001 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, they, me are repeated.
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