This is an analysis of the poem First Voyage that begins with:
The barque lay in the Sou'-West Dock, her cargo all aboard;
Up came a young apprentice just as smart as any lord;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabXb cXc ddXX eeffgX hhggii jjjjff hhaakk bblXdd aamXaa mmllnn nnbbeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,3,4,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01100111011101 11010101111101 01011101010111 01011110010001 11110100110111 010110010 101 01110101111101 1111111111010 1 01010101110111 111111011100011 11110111101101 1010110011101 111001010111 01110101011101 01111111110101 11011101110101 01010110111110 1010110011010 100101110101 0110010110111 011101010101110 11010011111110 11111000101100 10101100110010 1111110111101 111011111010011 1010101101110 100111001001010 101010110101 10101100111101 01110101110110 11010110011101 111100101110001 011010111000101 11010100010101 10101100110101 10101000111 11001100010101 11010101011001 11010111011101 01010101010111 1010110011011 0011101011111 01111101011101 101101010101101 111101001101100 11010111010111 10101100110001 01011111011111 1111111001110101 11010101110101 01011101010101 111010100111011 10101100010101 101010010001 1111011110001 110111011100101 11110001110111 11011101011101 10101100110100
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 352
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and, as, she, like, he, him, taught are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, the, she are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase thrilling connects the lines.
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- summary of First Voyage;
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