This is an analysis of the poem At Sea that begins with:
It is not through weeping,
but all evening the pale blue eye...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbd Xcdef gaXhh afbca caici jcXeX cgcag iXccc gcjXfXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001110 11100111 1111010111 01010001101 1011101 110110 101001001 001110101001 00110100111 0011111 1001111010 10011011110 11010010001 101001001 0111 00011010 0101011 110110001 11101110 1110010 1110010 101111010 01011010010 10110011 10110 111 11111 11000110010 01010001 01010 10011100 11010101110 101001110011 1101010 00110 01110101 0010010011 010001011101 001001011 1011010 111 110111010 1101011010 111010101 10010 1010
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of At Sea;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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