This is an analysis of the poem Beyond The Sea that begins with:

Beyond the sea, beyond the sea,
My heart is gone, far, far from me;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aaaa AaaaXAaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 11011101 11010101 11110101 01010101 01010111 11010111 11110101 01010101 11011101 11111110 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; beyond, sea, my are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sea is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word sea at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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