This is an analysis of the poem The Yarn Of The Blue Star Line that begins with:

When I was a lad and went to sea
In Seventy-seven or six maybe,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXBXXcc ddeeffcc bbbbdXbX dbXbX c ccaaggcc hXffhXbbcXhX c iijjkkcc kkbbkkcc kkkkiicc ddllXBcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,5,1,8,12,1,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111011101 0100101110 111111100 011101001 11111110 101101111 11111111 101100111 1111101111 0100100111 11110101 110000111 010101101 111111101 11010111 001100111 11010011 01010111 01011111 111111011 11 101 1 1000 101111101 1 100 1 101 1011100111 1011110111 10110101 11111101 0011010111 110110111 1011111101 111011101 011100111 0 101 1101 1100110101 10 1010 11001 1011101101 10100011101 001011100 111110 101 010110111 100011111 111101001 11001011001 11101111 11111101 10111101 1110111 1100100111 100011111 1100100101 110111101 011100111 100010111 01001011001 1101101111 110110111 1101111111 1111110111 1101111101 0110110111 11111011111 0010111111 1110110101 100110111 1000111101 1010010101 0011101001 10000111101 11111100 011101001 111011111 101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 287
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 85
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, or, to 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 there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word line at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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