This is an analysis of the poem Royal Naval Reserve that begins with:
White Star, Cunard,
Great ships and small -...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBCbXDCD Xcdc caaa efgf ehXh Xcgc Xici baca acXc XBCbXDCD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110 1111 1010100 10111 1010101 011010 1010100 10110 10011 011111 01101110 0100101 1100110 110111 10111 010101 0101010 010111 1101110 010001 1111010 110111 1111110 010101 10101110 010001 1101110 111101 1111110 110111 10100110 0011111 101010010 10111001 0100110 1001001 10111111 1000111 1011011 101101 1011 1111 1010100 10111 101111 011010 1010100 10110
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; trade, of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
The author used the same word what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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