This is an analysis of the poem I Saw From The Beach that begins with:

I saw from the beach, when the morning was shining,
A bark o'er the waters move gloriously on; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cbcb adad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011010110 0110010110001 1110110111010 01111101001 110010111010 110001101111 111111110101 11111101101 111110110010 110110011101 1011011110010 11101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 207
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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