This is an analysis of the poem Lords Of The Sea that begins with:

Great captains of the bygone days, -
Whose spirits 'mid our spirits lurk, -...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eaea baba fgfg hXhX iiiiXacac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11000111 11011101 11010101 11111101 01000101 11010101 11011101 110100101 10110111 010111001 100100101 01010101 10010011 11111100 11011101 01010011 11111111 11010101 01010101 01010101 11011101 110101100 110101101 010100101 10010101 11110111 01010101 11011101 11010101 11110101 11110111 01011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, for are repeated.

    The author used the same word for at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Lords Of The Sea;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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