This is an analysis of the poem My Galley, Chargèd With Forgetfulness that begins with:
My galley, chargèd with forgetfulness,
Thorough sharp seas in winter nights doth pass... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaaXaaaXbXabcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 110101000 1011010111 11111111001 101110010 11001010100 1111010101 1101110101 011110100 0101010101 1101011100 1010110100 0101111001 101011110 1101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 596
- Average number of words per stanza: 110
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.
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