This is an analysis of the poem The Anchor Watch that begins with:
O shipmates all, as you lay sleeping
(Blow, boys, blow!)...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBaBaaaB cBcBaaaB aBaBcXcB dBdBaaaaB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111110 111 010101110 111011 0011101010 1010111110 00101101110 111011 110111010 111 0010101010 111011 1101101010 10101001010 10101001110 111011 110111010 111 1101101010 111011 1111010010 1101011110 101101101010 111011 110111110 111 010101110 111011 11111101110 111101110 1010110110 1111101010 111011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 303
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; blow, boys, her, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word i 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 gleaming is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word blow at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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