This is an analysis of the poem Immortal Sails that begins with:

Now, in a breath, we’ll burst those gates of gold,
And ransack heaven before our moment fails. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab Xbcb cdcd ee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1001111101 11110011101 1001011111 1111110101 0011110100 11110111100 1111011101 1111010101 1111111111 1101010110 1111010111 1111100001 01011111011 1111111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; we, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Immortal Sails;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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