This is an analysis of the poem In The Trades that begins with:

Ho, let her rip - with her royal clew a-quiver,
And the long miles reeling out behind -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc dede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100101010 1011010101 10110100110010010 00111010001 101010010111 1010001 1101000111 1010101 101010001110 10110001 101010001110 0011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, and, all, of are repeated.

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