This is an analysis of the poem Shipwrecked that begins with:
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We two waited on the deck- ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababacdcdcacaaaXefefghghcacaaaXididjijicacaaaXkckcekekcacaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 60,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1110101 1011101 1011101 1011101 1010111 1011101 1110101 10111111 1011101 1011101 1011101 1011101 101101 10101 1 1011101 10111001 1110111 1010101 1110101 1110101 00110001 1010111 1011101 1010101 1011101 1011101 101101 10101 1 1110101 10110101 1010101 1011101 1110101 0010101 1110111 1110101 1111101 1010101 1011101 1011101 101101 10101 1 1110111 1010101 1110101 1011101 1110101 1011101 1110101 1011101 1011101 1010111 10111101 1011101 101101 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1732
- Average number of words per stanza: 321
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; sea, and, heart are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word where is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sea is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase tossed connects the lines.
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