This is an analysis of the poem The Harbour that begins with:
We saw them come down the River, the comical, secret floats,
Weird shapes like a madman's playthings-and what could the monsters be?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef aeaeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110110100100101 111010111110100 01101111001101111 1111111011100101 111110111100101 11100100100101101 010100111111001 101100101101111 01100101001110011 01100101001100101 10111101111101001 1010100100100101 111010101110101 110100101101101 111010101100101 110010100110011 01011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 17
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or, we, and, they, i, have, it, built, in, give, for, thanks are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Harbour;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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