This is an analysis of the poem Facing West From California's Shores that begins with:

FACING west, from California's shores,
Inquiring, tireless, seeking what is yet unfound,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbXXabXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010101 01001001010110 1011011010101001000 10010101 1101011010101110 110100101001010 010001001011010 00100100100010110 1101011011010 111101101110 1101110111011 1100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 701
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • 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; from is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word from is repeated.

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