This is an analysis of the poem The People's Fleet that begins with:

OUT of her darkened fishing-ports they go,
A fleet of little ships, whose every name -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab cdXda b efef cXdg acfdXdg XXa hh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,1,4,4,7,3,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010111 01010111001 101111 1 1 1 1 1001011101 1001111101 0101110101 110010010101 01010100011 1 10010101 1 1 1011010111 1 1 1 101 1 101 0 10 1110111 1011010111 01010011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 78
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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