This is an analysis of the poem An Ocean Tramp that begins with:
To-morrow and to-morrow,
(O the slashing of the foam along the furrow!)...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAbCCB cXcddee eeffeegg ddhheXXAAbCCB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,8,13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 0101010 101000101010 11000101011101 111111101 110111101 01010111010101 1110010101110101 111001010 11100111 1110100101101111 010011101110111 1011111111101 11101010111111 11100100111010101 00010010101011 1111011101010111 1010100110111001 1110110101010111 10010110100101 11001010100111 1010010011101 10110010110111 0101010010101 0101010110101 0101011010011 0101010010001 1101110110101 0101010 101000101010 01011100010111 111111101 110111101 01010111010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 355
- Average number of words per stanza: 65
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (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; to, have, i, and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, the are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines boys is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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