This is an analysis of the poem End Of The Cruise that begins with:

Ready to disembark,
We're mostly puff and grey....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab XcXc XdXd bebe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100001 110111 111101 110111 1111000 010111 010101 110101 011111 100101 110101 110101 110100 110111 11001 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of End Of The Cruise;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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