This is an analysis of the poem The Seafarer that begins with:

May I for my own self song's truth reckon,
Journey's jargon, how I in harsh days...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcddcddXbccXecXfebXghadagijkcaXafbackkcdlXlmcngbgdkmmXcXXhddegiXjcXkacigddkfgncilbbadXXXfXcXbXXicdbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 101,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111110 101011011 10011 101111010 111110011 1101111111 10101011 11110110010 11011100 1011101 111111001 11011111 1111110010 1111101111 100101011 010110 101111111 11111011 111111011 011101010 111011110 01101111 11011101101 01010110101 011010 110010 111011010 011001110101 0111011010 1011111101 11011 10111001 110111111 10010101101 01111111 0110101001 1010111 111111011 1101010 101111011011 111010001010011 10100101010010 111010111 110010 111111010110 11000011101 1101110101 11010110111010 110101010010 10101110 10100011001 01101011111 111001010 111001010 1101001010 010111011 1010011101 110001010 11111110111 111011 1001101101 111010101 10110010110 110110110100 101010101101 11101011 111111011 1101101010 110110100 1101111001 01110111 110101110 1101001110111010 1001010111 110111110 1101111010 1001 1111110110 101010011010 111001011 011010 110100 1110001010 11111110 11101111 100011101 10101110 11010001100 100110110 11010010101 101010110 111110011 1110110110 1111011010 1011011000 111101101110 110111010 11111011 11110101 011011010 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4026
  • Average number of words per stanza: 720
  • Amount of lines: 101
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, his, nor, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, nor are repeated.

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