This is an analysis of the poem Lower Pool that begins with:

“Where are you bound for,
Sailorman, sailorman...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXXbXXccADEFAaB AXXbXXggADEFAaB AXXbhhffiiADEFAaB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,15,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 100100 0010101 111110 1010 1110110 011 101 1111 110 1110 100 11 101 1101010 11111 100100 11101 10101110 11101 111100 011 111 1111 110 1110 100 11 101 1101010 11111 100100 10101 101110 101111 1011101 010111 1011111 11101 1011101 1111 110 1110 100 11 101 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 337
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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