This is an analysis of the poem Should You But Fail At—sea that begins with:
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Should you but fail at—Sea—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aaaabbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 111111 0101 111 1101 11110101 1011 011110
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 71
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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