This is an analysis of the poem Grey Rocks, And Greyer Sea that begins with:
Grey rocks, and greyer sea,
And surf along the shore -- ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABXb Xbbb XcdcXABdb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 110101 101101 111111 011101 1001001 101101 1100101 010101 110101 101101 110101 111101 110101 101101 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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