This is an analysis of the poem In A Boat that begins with:
See the stars, love,
In the water much clearer and brighter... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbX accd aeea cdac XddXXdaad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011 0010110110 11011110 1100 11111 1101011 11011011 10111 111011 110111 0100101 1111011 01101 011010010 0101110111 0111 1011 11111110 1111010 101111 11101 11011001 01101001 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 119
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of In A Boat;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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