This is an analysis of the poem Light Cruisers (Old) that begins with:
When you've marshalled your navies and gloried your fill
In the latest they show of invention and skill,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccd edD ffddggd hdD bbiibbd hdD jjaaddd hdD ggcceedXhdD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,3,7,3,7,3,7,3,11,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 111011011011 001011001011 01001101001 01001000101 01101001011 01011011011 01101011001 010010010110 01011011011 11101111011 111001111001 111001011101 01101101001 01001010001 11111001001 11011011011 11011011001 1011110110110 11011011101 11101111011 01011001001 01001101001 10011011001 11001011001 110111010111 010011010110 111001011001 1111010010110 01011011001 11101111011 01101011011 101001101101 01001011011 101101001001 11101011011 11101001001 01011001001 0010110010110 01011011101 11101111011 11011111101 11011011111 01011001001 01001001001 01001001001 101001011001 11101001101 1011110010110 01011011011 11101111011
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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; in, and, cruisers, may, you, cruiser, or, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, you are repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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