By The Seaside by William Wordsworth: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem By The Seaside that begins with:

The sun is couched, the sea-fowl gone to rest,
And the wild storm hath somewhere found a nest; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccccddaaXaeeaaffccbbbbaaccbbXffggfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 39,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101011101 1011111101 1101011101 1001000101 0111010001 1101010101 1010010001 0101010101 1001011111 0101000101 1101110101 1011010111 11010101100 1001011101 1101011101 1101110101 1111001101 1101000111 1111011101 1101111001 1001110101 1111010101 1101000111 1001011101 1001011001 1011011001 0111010101 1001110111 1111110101 0101011101 1001110101 01001100100 1101011110 1101011101 1101001101 1100111101 10010111001 11011101010 0011101110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1762
  • Average number of words per stanza: 315
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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