This is an analysis of the poem The Convergence Of The Twain that begins with:

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In a solitude of the sea... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a aba X ccX X ddd X eee a ffX a ggg X ddd X hhh X aab X ddd a ccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,1,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 00101001 1010100 1010111010101 1 1101010 00100010 1101110101010 1 100101 010100 0111011010100 1 100101 01001001 1101110101111 1 111101 110101 110101010001100 1 111100 0100101 0100011110101 1 0101001 101101 0101101110100 1 110111 010111 0100101010101 1 1001100 110111 0100100110100 1 111101 110100 1101011011001 1 1010000 11001111 1101011111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 72
  • Average number of words per stanza: 10
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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 in is repeated.

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  • summary of The Convergence Of The Twain;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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