This is an analysis of the poem In The Binnacle that begins with:
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcccbcb ddXeeebeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010011 11111101 01010 110011101 10111101 11100011 01010 10000101 01010 0010011111 10010101 01000 11010101 01111101 110001001 11010 11010101 01010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 18
- 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; or is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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