This is an analysis of the poem A Nautical Ballad that begins with:

A capital ship for an ocean trip,
Was the 'Walloping Window-blind';... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabcaba daeabcfc dghgeaha bihiXgfg jkjkigaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0100111101 10100101 11110101 1100101 011011101 0110101 101001101011 11000101 110111001 1100101 1111100101 10101001 101011101001 11110101 1100100101 00100101 1101001011 1100101 110111011 1100111 1011110111 10101101 1010010111 0101011 110011101 11101001 10100110101 10100001 11110100101 1110101 10100111011 11100101 11010101 1111111 1100110011 11001001 111011111011 11100101 1110100101 0100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and 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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