This is an analysis of the poem A Captain Of The Press Gang that begins with:

SHIPMATE, leave the ghostly shadows,
Where thy boon companions throng!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb bcac dcdc XaXa beXe dfaf gcac bfaf fhahXgcdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101011 1110101 10101010 1011001 10101110 0011111 10101010 1010101 10110010 1101111 10101010 1011111 101010100 1011111 10101010 0010111 11111010 1011101 11101010 0011101 11101110 1111111 10111010 1110101 11100010 1110101 10111110 1010101 101110010 1011111 10101110 1001101 10101011 1010101 11011010 1010101 10101010 1010101 00101010 1010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word where is repeated.

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