This is an analysis of the poem To Thomas Moore that begins with:

My boat is on the shore,
And my bark is on the sea;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc bdbd efefXdada
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 1110101 1011111 1010101 10101111 1010111 11101011 10111001 10101011 1011111 10101011 01011101 10011001 1110101 1110101 1011111 0110101 0100111 1010111 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words here's, and are repeated.

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