This is an analysis of the poem Saturday Night In The Harbor that begins with:

The boats bound in across the bar,
Seen in fair colors from afar,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbccdd eeffggaaaX Xcaabbeehhii jjffddaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,12,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100101 10110001 10110111 11011101 01100101 010000101 11010101 11111101 110010101 10010101 11110101 01011111 11110101 01101101 11010001 01111101 11000101 11011101 11110111 11111000 11110100 11111101 11010101 11110101 01010111 110000101 01010101 01010101 11010011 11111111 11010111 10001111 11110100 11110101 11010101 11110001 10011001 11110101 10011111 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 352
  • Average number of words per stanza: 64
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, my, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Saturday Night In The Harbor;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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