This is an analysis of the poem Sea Song Of The Exiles that begins with:
Dear land, farewell!
Waves surge and swell....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAAB aa AaAB AAAB cc AaAB AAAB ddXAaAB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,4,4,2,4,4,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111 1111 1111 11 111110111 111110101 1111 1111 1111 11 1111 1111 1111 11 1110000111 111011011 1111 01111 1111 11 1111 1111 1111 11 11111101 101110101 1111 01101 1111 11
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 81
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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- summary of Sea Song Of The Exiles;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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