This is an analysis of the poem The Full Sea Rolls And Thunders that begins with:

The full sea rolls and thunders
In glory and in glee.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb acXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111110 010101 1101100101 100101 11011010 0101001 10010001 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in is repeated.

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  • summary of The Full Sea Rolls And Thunders;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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