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

A flash of silver wings in the sun,
And I see, with divine surprise,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb dede bfbf dgdg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101001 11100101 100111011 111001 11111011 0110111 11110111 0110111 11010101 100101 1011110111 1110111 101110111 1110111 10111001101 0111101 110111011 0100101 1111001001 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word sea is repeated.

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

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