This is an analysis of the poem Sailor, Sailor — that begins with:
“Sailor, Sailor, why did you go -
Why did you go for a sailor?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABXbccddeebb ABXbddffffb ABcXXXbbeeb AXeeffddbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,11,11,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101011 10111010 111101011 111111010 1111111001 111110101001 111111101011 001101101101 11111101011 01101101011 111111010010 11111010 10101011 10111010 111101001 1011010110 11011011101 011101011101 11011001001 10111010111 11011111001 1011111101001 111111010 10101011 10111010 11010101101 01011010 11001111101 11111111001 1110011110110 010011110010 1011010110010 1110010111110 111111010 10101011 10111010 1101111001 1101111101 1101111101 10011110011 1101011001 1011111011 011111010010 010111010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 460
- Average number of words per stanza: 100
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; sailor, you, why, and, i, wheeled, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words why, and, i are repeated.
The author used the same word sailor at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sailor is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word sailor at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase sailor connects the lines.
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