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

The stir of leaves, the chilly morning air
Were like delirium; half awake ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcB XbXd dcce dfdf ddgd fggh geXe fiXi abcBXehch
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101010101 010100101 1101010101 11010001 1101000100 01010101 1001111101 01010111 1101010101 01000101 1101000101 01011101 1011010001 01010001 0100010111 01101010101 1011111101 11010101 0111010100 11010101 0101100101 11010101 0111010100 01010101 0101110100 11010101 0101111100 10110011 1111001100 01010111 0100010101 00111101 0101010101 110100101 1101010101 11010001 1101110101 01010101 01010001001 01011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, the are repeated.

    The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of On The Steamer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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