This is an analysis of the poem The Yerl O' Waterydeck that begins with:
The wind it blew, and the ship it flew,
And it was 'Hey for hame!'...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaX bXc cX Xcdc aefX cgcg dXhX ieie XXjk XcXX iciX Xkkk icgX flhl lXjX acic mbeX XdXd jXjX cacXcX jmXX kbXX ckeX bebX fcfX Xjij Xihi iXXX XbXlfX fcfX mdjd XXgd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,2,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010110101 1011110 1111010101 101100111 11110101 1111000 1010110100 1 01101110 11011001 11011001 11011111 1101101 101110011 111111 1110101101 1111101 11100101 1001110011 1011010101 11001001 11011001 1010111101 10101101101 1110101 011010101 010111 1110100101 1101001 110100101 0011101 0101110101 0111101 110110101 1011011 0101110101 111011 10111101 110111 1110101011 0100111 00100101101 101101001 1100110101 111011001 1010110101 1010101 1110100111 00111100 1100110101 0111111 1111001011 1111011 11110110111 1011001 1010111111 0111001 11011110 11011001 101110101 1111101 1100101001 1111101 1110111101 10111101 11010111 011101 11100111110 11100111 1001111011 101110101 11110111 1111011 010110101 010111 1011110101 010 1 101 1110011011 111111 111101011 11111000 01011001101 1101111 1111111101 11001101 110110111 1101111 11110011 100101101 1010100101 1001001 1010101101 1110011 011110011 1101001 1101011011 1111111 1101011001 1010101 1101010110001 11011011 0111100101 111101 110111010 101111 101110101 111101 1111111110 1110111 11101100101 11101101 10 1 10101 0111001 110110101 111101 1111101101 10100111 11111001 0101101 01110111 1111111 11100110 0101111 0101100111 1100111
- Amount of stanzas: 32
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 129
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, her, to, ' are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, quo', an', the, wi', a are repeated.
The author used the same word she at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Yerl O' Waterydeck;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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