This is an analysis of the poem Clipper Days (A Song From Snug Harbor) that begins with:

I am eighty years old and somewhat,
But I give to God the praise...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abCB deXe ddfed feXe XXXX Xaba bXbg bdgd baXaXabCB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001111 1110101 11101001 0001101 1111110 1100111 11011010 1100101 1101010 11011001 00101010 011011 1 11111110 110111 11111010 1110101 10111111 111101 111110010 1110101 111110010 1111111 00100110 10011001 1111010 110101 1111011 11101 11011010 111101 1101011 010111 11101010 110101 11101010 1110111 101011111 1110101 11101001 0001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; and, we are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words and, go 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).

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  • summary of Clipper Days (A Song From Snug Harbor);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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