This is an analysis of the poem The Whale that begins with:
The Whale is found in seas and oceans,
Indulging there in fishlike motions,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa aabb ccXX ddaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101110 010101010 110111110 110111110 11010101 11011101 11110101 11010101 10110111 11010111 010101010 101101010 11111001 11111100 11010101 01000101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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- idea of the verse;
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