This is an analysis of the poem The Song Of The Wreck that begins with:

The wind blew high, the waters raved,
A ship drove on the land,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaababa acacadad cbcbXaXa cXcXdadX eceXfbfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 011101 01010101 1010101 10011001 010111 11010101 111101 01010101 110101 11010101 010101 1100100101 010101 01010111 010101 01010101 010111 01011101 110101 10010111 100101 110111110 110111 10010101 1101010 111101001 0101010 01010111 110011 01101101 110110 011100101 110111 01011111 111101 110100101 110101 10111101 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 248
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; they is repeated.

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

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