This is an analysis of the poem Welcome that begins with:

Prince of the race whose Empire is the Sea,
We welcome thee!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcbcdcdcbbefefgfgf ddghXXihih hhfXfcacac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011100001 1101 1101011101 0101 1101110001 11110100111 0111 0101010001 1011010110 0101000101 1011100101 1101 1001010101 1101 0101000101 010101110101 0101 1101010001 1101110101 1101010101 1110110101 1111 1101100101 1111 1001110100 1011110110 1111 1111010101 01010001000 1101011011 0111110101 1011 0111011111 11100 0111011111 11011100111 0110 0101011101 1101110001 1111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 486
  • Average number of words per stanza: 92
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, one, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of Welcome;
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