This is an analysis of the poem Admiral Dugout that begins with:
He had done with fleets and squadrons, with the restless, roaming seas,
He had found the quiet haven he desired,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXcdc efefXbbb gfgfahaX dfdfaiai bgbgXhXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011100010101 111010101010 111100100010011 10100110001 111111101110111 10101010101 10111010101011 11101010101 111110101010111 11101011111 1100011101010111 0100010001 111010101110110 11101011111 1010100100010101 101111100110 101010100011101 11111110101 001010101010001 10101010111 111010101110111 10100010101 1110010100010001 001010111 1010101010100101 10100010001 001010101010101 10101110101 111010101010101 11111011101 1011011010100111 10110010111 101110101010111 10101010111 111011101110101 10101110001 1010101100111001 10111111101 111010111010101 111110111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 424
- Average number of words per stanza: 82
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, with, and, to, like, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, and are repeated.
The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Admiral Dugout;
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