This is an analysis of the poem The Wreck Of The Birkenhead, that begins with:
A BRITISH TRANSPORT VESSEL LOST ON THE COAST OF AFRICA.
A BALLAD.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xa bbcc ddeedd ee aaffffeXgg hhii iiaXjjjjaaaaiicc kkccggllgg iiXmaa ffii aaaaee XccX ff mmeenneehh llgg jj iiooeeppll ffeeqqXmmaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,6,2,10,4,16,10,6,4,6,4,2,10,4,2,10,12,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010011011010100 010 11111101011001 111110110111101 110111001101101 111011101010110 111001101011111 111010110010111 101111010111101 1110111111101101 1110101111010101 11101111010111 101111111010101 11010101110110 01111101011101 110100011011001 010111000101001 1010110011101101 11010101011101 11011110010001 101111111111101 11110101100100 11010101110101 01011100100101 111001100101100 101001011110011 101010101010111 11011101010111 11110111111101 111110101110001 110010111110101 101110101101010 11010101111011 11001110010101 11100011110011 10100110100101 11110111110111 11101011111001001 110101101110101 111110101010101 001101110010101 11110111011011111 110101111110110 01010010100101010 10110001010111 1011001000110101 1010101011010101 1011111111110111 010111011011101 110101011011001 111101011101110 110011111101010 01011100110101 101111101000101 110101011110101 010011111011101 101101010101111 111011111110101 1111010100100101 01110111010111 111101111010111 110010101110111 1110101011110101 01001010010110001 111100011010001 11011101111111 110011111110011 111101011100101 11111111111101 1010111111111101 111001110110111 111111011100111 1011111010100101 1111110110111 11001101011101 11000111110101 11110101111101 11011100011101 1101111100101 0110100101010111 101011101111111 11000101100111 110100011101001 11111111101101 1111110111110010 110100110110101 100111011011010 111111110111110 111101011100101 10110111011011 11111101111011 11101110100101 11011101110111 111011111010011 01110110111101 111110100011101 11011101110111 001011101000101 11111111111111 01011110111101 1011111111101010 111101111101110 100111111111111 111001011110101 11011101011101 111011001001101 110101111010101 1010101011010101 11111110110101 10110110110001 111111100110101 1110101110100101 111111110111111
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 376
- Average number of words per stanza: 72
- Amount of lines: 114
- Average number of symbols per line: 62 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, in, that, of, my, we, with, to, he, dead, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, he, and are repeated.
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