This is an analysis of the poem St. David's Head that begins with:
SALT sprays deluge it, wild waves buffet it, hurricanes rave ;
Summer and winter, the depths of the ocean girdle it round ;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabacc decedd bfbfcc dgXghh XdXdaa XgXgXd adXdii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11100110101011 101100100101001 010101011010011 10010010111001 1010101 1111101 1001001011001011 101101010101001 101111101111001001 101110101001001 1111101 1010101 1001010011010010 10111101101011 1111010011101101 11010011110011 1011101 1011111 1010111110110110 1110111110111001 111011001101111010 010001000101001 1111101 1010101 101010101101100010 111110110111001 1101010010110010 111111111001001 1010111 10110101 1011001011010010 101111001001001 10110001011110010 10111011101000 11111110 11111111 11100111001001 10100010100111 110100101101010 1011001101111001 01111011 11010011
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 330
- Average number of words per stanza: 58
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, in, and, through are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, so are repeated.
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- summary of St. David's Head;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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