This is an analysis of the poem The Sea-Beast that begins with:
There you are, alone again in a cockle-shell boat,
Fighting on a sea-bed with great clouds from the sky...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: abcX ddXX XeeX caXd XXXdXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1110101001011 101011011001 1110111101011 100110101 1011010101 1001010010 0111100110111 11101011 011101001 0101101010101 101000111 010011001011 1111011010100 1111101111101 1110111010 1010010101 111111110111 110001101011011 11011001011 10011001001001 1111011001101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; by, you, far, off are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Sea-Beast;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
