This is an analysis of the poem Adrift! A Little Boat Adrift! that begins with:
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Adrift! A little boat adrift!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abab XbXb XXXXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1 01010101 110101 01110101 100101 1101001000 110111 11011101 110111 1101001000 110111 110100000100 100010000010 1100001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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- summary of Adrift! A Little Boat Adrift!;
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- idea of the verse;
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