This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet L. J.R.L. (On His Homeward Voyage) 2. that begins with:
O SHIP that bears him to his native shore,
Beneath whose keel the seething ocean heaves,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbacdcdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111100101 0111010101 1111000101 011101011 11011111101 00100010101 1011111101 11000011111 1100111101 1101110101 1111010101 0011011111 1101000111 01010010001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 638
- Average number of words per stanza: 114
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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