This is an analysis of the poem The Silent Navy that begins with:
Oh, it is not in the papers and we cannot always know
Where to find the Silent Service whose address is 'G.P.O.'...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaX bbcc ddee aaff bbgg ccaX cchh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100100101110111 1010101011101 101110101010000 1101110001010111 1010101010100111 01010001010101 01110101010001 101010101010101 11000101101010 1011011101010 11010111110001 11010111010101 101010101011001 01111101110111 11010101010111 11011101100101 01010101010101 01011101110101 10010101110101 01010111010101 01111101110101 10111100010001 11000101010101 110001010100100 00100101010101 110110101101101 11110101110101 111010101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and, it, in, find, you'll, or are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you'll is repeated.
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- summary of The Silent Navy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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