This is an analysis of the poem Patroling Barnegat that begins with:
WILD, wild the storm, and the sea high running,
Steady the roar of the gale, with incessant undertone muttering,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXaaaaaaXXaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1101101110 10010010010101100 101001010010110 1111110010010 100111111010 110111101110 110101001110 1101111011010 1001001010011010 111001100111101 1001011110100 01011111111010 01011110001010 11010010010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 848
- Average number of words per stanza: 127
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (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; and is repeated.
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