This is an analysis of the poem Ships That Pass (An Episode Of The Cruiser Patrol) that begins with:
We sighted her one day early; the forenoon watch was begun,
There was mist like wool on the water, and a glimpse of a pale, cold sun,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eeee ffbb ggee aacc ggcc ggeeXbbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1100111001001110 11111101010100111 1111011100101011 0011011010100010101 01001010111011001 01001001011001111 1110111101111111 011111101101101 11100101111101001 01110110111011 10111001100110101 101111010111011001 11101101000111001 011010101110101 0011010101111101 1110101011001001 11110101100101001 0110111010111001 011100100110111 10100111010100101 011010110110101 1110111000111001 1001110110100111 1010100101011101 10010011110111 1010011101100011 100100100110101 10101100101001001 111010101111111 0100001010111111 1100101011101101 111111001110100111 1111011101010101 110010110101001 11100100100101011 1010011010100010101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 276
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 68 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 14
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, on, her, i, have, with, she, that, or, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, she, and are repeated.
The author used the same word she at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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