This is an analysis of the poem Antwerp To Ghent that begins with:

We are upon the Scheldt. We know we move
Because there is a floating at our eyes ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXbXcbaaXdaecXdcbabdXXde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011111 0110010111 1011101101 1111100111 1101110111 1111011101 1101010111 1001011101 1001010111 1101110101 0101010101 0100011101 1101011101 1101001111 0100010111 0101110101 1000010011 1101010101 1011010111 1111110101 0111011101 10000110111 1111010111 1101010111 1101111111 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 213
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, and, has are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, our are repeated.

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