This is an analysis of the poem God Fashioned The Ship Of The World that begins with:

God fashioned the ship of the world carefully.
With the infinite skill of an All-Master ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXaXdaccceecXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001001100 00100101110 1101101 11010 101010 0111100110 11101011 11110 1011010100110 101010010101 11010100010101 100100100 10111 101010010 01101 11010001 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 596
  • Average number of words per stanza: 98
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of God Fashioned The Ship Of The World;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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