This is an analysis of the poem The Imaginary Iceberg that begins with:
We'd rather have the iceberg than the ship,
although it meant the end of travel. ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbXbAXcXdee XeXcefgdgee fXeecXecbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101010101 110101010 1101111101 110101010 1101010101 1101010101 1011010101 1011100001010 110101 1101110101 011101110111 000101001011 010101010 1101010100 01100001 0001111101 01000100010 0101011101 11010101 010111 1001010101 0101011111 0101010001 1100001 010101000101 10010101 1101110101 0111010111 1110010101 11100101 100101 1101101001100 01011101010100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 451
- Average number of words per stanza: 80
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The Imaginary Iceberg;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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