This is an analysis of the poem Ulysses' Last Voyage that begins with:

I launched her with my small remaining band
and, putting out to sea, we set the main...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba bcX cac ada ded ecX cXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1100110101 1101011101 1111111101 101010101 1011010111 1111010110 1111110111 1111110101 1101111101 1101110101 1101011101 1101110101 1011011100 0111011101 1101010101 0101111111 0111011101 0101011100 1001011111 11110111010 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of Ulysses' Last Voyage;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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