This is an analysis of the poem O Sailor, Come Ashore that begins with:

O sailor, come ashore,
What have you brought for me? ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 111111 110110 10001 10110001 110001 101110 00101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; coral, it are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase coral connects the lines.

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