This is an analysis of the poem The Anchor that begins with:
Firm trust of the bold sailor on the shores of sudden storm,
What strength is in its structure and the fitness of its form! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbXc ddcc XdeeXaabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11001101010101 11000101010001 110111000101111 11110101010101 101010101011101 101011100010001 111111001100110 1100101111100100 01110101110101 001010001110101 11110100010101 010101010101001 00111110010101 11010101110001 01011100010101 11000111110101 0011111001110001 1001110101010011 11010101011101 11110101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 312
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, s, in, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.
The author used the same word in at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Anchor;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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