This is an analysis of the poem Sea-Foam that begins with:

A fleck of foam on the shining sand,
Left by the ebbing sea,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdede fgfgabXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010110101 110101 110111101 0101100 1010111 100111 101100101 101111 01011111 11010101 010100111 010101 011110111 101011101 010100100 101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 255
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Sea-Foam;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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