This is an analysis of the poem Love Still Has Something Of The Sea that begins with:

Love still has something of the sea,
From whence his Mother rose;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bXbc cdcd eXeX fgfg daXa bhbh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110001 010101 11010111 111101 11010101 101101 11010101 110101 11110101 110001 11010101 110101 11011111 101101 10111101 001101 11010111 111101 11010101 010100 11000101 100101 01110100 01011 11010111 011101 10110100 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; in is repeated.

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