This is an analysis of the poem The Packet Rat that begins with:
When I leave this Western ocean, to the South'ard I will steer
In a tall Colonial clipper, far an' far enough from here,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb bbaa ccdd bbbb ddee bbff ccaa aabb gghh ffgg bbhh ffff iihh hhbbXdddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 111010100010101 0010100101110101 101010101010101 111101010110111 11111010111111 001011101111101 11111111111101 11011101110111 00101111110101 111100111010101 11101011110101 10110100110111 11110011111111 11010100010001 11010100010111 00101010101101 11010101010011 11010101110101 101010101010111 101000111010101 10010111010101 101011101110111 111011101010111 101110101011111 111110001111111 10110101110111 001011101010111 101111001011111 110101101111111 10011001010110011 101010101111001 11110110110100 111010101010101 111010101010101 101110101010001 111011101110111 111010101010111 101110101011101 10110101010001 101011101110101 10111111110101 001010101010101 101010101110111 101010101011101 11110111111101 101011101011111 101110101011111 10101010101011 111010111110101 10100111110101 111111101011111 111011101011101 111011101011101 111110111011111 11101011101011 101010101010101 111010101111101 101010101010101 111010101111101 001010101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 247
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; when, an', my, i'll, they, in, hear, 'em, i'd, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an', i'll are repeated.
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- summary of The Packet Rat;
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