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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