This is an analysis of the poem The Sea Wind that begins with:

I am a pool in a peaceful place,
I greet the great sky face to face, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXcc bbddcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100101 11011101 110110101 1011101001 111011101 0111001001 011110101 1011100001 0010110101 011101101 11011101 0111001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 49
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, the are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word sea at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Sea Wind;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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