This is an analysis of the poem The Old Whale that begins with:
When I'm growing old (if I'm getting tired of sailing
Up and down the seas, and always finding something new),...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd dbdbcece cfcfgdgd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101001010010 1110111110101 11101011101110 10111110111 11111110101110 11101011110 1111111010111010 101111011101 11011011101111 111101110111 1111111010111 00101011111 111010101101110 1010100110001 10111110111010 1100101010101 101011111110 1010111111111 11001111111010 111010110101 10101111111110 0011101110101 111011011111010 10101101111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 442
- Average number of words per stanza: 89
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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- summary of The Old Whale;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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