This is an analysis of the poem Ship Models V South Sea Whaler. “scrimshaw” Model that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAbA cded eeXe fghiG XcXc Xjfj XXXk jcec fghiG klXl XAbA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100 10001 10101 10111 1001 1111 00101 10001 1010 1011 10110 1101 10101 11011 101110 0 111 1110 1101 111100 111 1110 1111 101101 1001 1110 1100 11111 01001 00111 00111 01011 1101 10110 111 001110 0 111 011111 111 110100 101 1100 10001 0101 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 71
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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