This is an analysis of the poem I Have Loved Hours At Sea that begins with:
I have loved hours at sea, gray cities,
The fragile secret of a flower,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb XaXa XcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111011110 010100010 100100010 111101110 11010101 100101011 101101110 1110101 111110110 111101011 110101010 110101101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 12
- 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 is repeated.
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