This is an analysis of the poem When The Great Gray Ships Come In that begins with:
To eastward ringing, to westward winging, o'er mapless miles of sea,
On winds and tides the gospel rides that the furthermost isles are free; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbbb ccddXeXX ffXXggee aaccbbhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 010100101010101001 1111010110100111 101001110101111 1011110110101101 1011010110101 100101010100101 1100100101110101 1101001011110011 101111101010101 0111001011100101 010011100100101 11010010001001001 11010100100100 111001010100111 11010101100101 01011010100111110 10010100100111 010111011110111 1101010110101 1111011110111010 10100101010100101 11011111111101 1111101011110111 1101110100101101 10000101000111 01001001000100101 0101110110100101 0111001011100101 110010101011111 10111011010010101 1010110101010111 111111111011110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 541
- Average number of words per stanza: 103
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 67 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
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; and, to, who, her, of, peace, their, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words who, peace, to, and are repeated.
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