This is an analysis of the poem Columbus that begins with:
Steer on, bold sailor--Wit may mock thy soul that sees the land,
And hopeless at the helm may droop the weak and weary hand,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111111101 11010111011101 11010001110111 110111001011101 11010111010101 111111010111001 01010101010101 110101100010110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 482
- Average number of words per stanza: 91
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
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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