This is an analysis of the poem A Sea-Shore Grave. To M. J. L. that begins with:
By Sidney and Clifford Lanier.
O wish that's vainer than the plash... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a XaXX bcbX dede fcfc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011001 11110101 01110101 101010101 1111111100 11110101 010111001 1011100111 1101100100 11110101 01110111 11011001 110011111 110101001 01111101 11111101 11111001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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 is repeated.
The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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