This is an analysis of the poem The Big Black Trawler that begins with:

THE very best ship that ever I knew
-Ah-way O, to me O-...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAaB cAcb dAdB XAXb XAXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101111011 111011 10111000111 111010101 11111000101 111011 111101101 1111010101 1111100101 111011 111011000111 111010101 1011101110101 111011 11111011011 1111010101 111111111100 111011 000110101111 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; my is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word run at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Big Black Trawler;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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