This is an analysis of the poem The Tryphena's Extra Hand that begins with:

In the clipper ship
Tryphena...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ab cdXXefe ghchijkbiX XkekXlal ekXXkhjh XmemnlbXkl eieifmdm gjljgjfj cedenmfm jjXjnmkm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,7,10,8,8,10,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00101 100 1010001 00111010 101110 11101010 0010101 10100110 1011101 100111010 1110101 11111010 1111111 10101111 1011111 101 100 11 11101010 100111010 1001101 101010010 1110011 1110010100 1011101 11101011 1111 11101010 1110111 11101011 1111100 11101110 1010000 1111110111 110101 10111011 1011111 10111010 1011101 10101110 1010111 0 100 101 11010101 111011100 1101011 1101110 1111111 11101010 1110111 10111110 1010101 11111111 1111111 11111111 1111111 10101010 1111101 11101110 1010111 101110111 010111 1101110 1110111 1011010 1010111 11101110 1111101 10101011 10010101 10101010 1010101 11101110 1111101 00011011 101100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 77
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i've, and, they, he, never, no, him are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, there'll, he, kind are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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