This is an analysis of the poem The Day We Went To The Sea that begins with:

The day we went to the sea
mothers in Madras were mining...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXbbXaXbXXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 0111001 10010010 001011010 11001100 11101110 001110101 0101001 00111010 11110111 0100010001010 11001111 01010101 001010101 01101011101 11001010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 525
  • Average number of words per stanza: 101
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • 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.

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  • summary of The Day We Went To The Sea;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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