This is an analysis of the poem The Debt Unpayable that begins with:
What have I given,
Bold sailor on the sea? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cccc dbdb XeXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110 110101 01110 111111 1111 110111 1111 010111 1111 110101 1101 111111 0101 1111110 0100 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- summary of The Debt Unpayable;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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