This is an analysis of the poem Good-Bye! (A Chantey To Be Sung At The Capstan) that begins with:
Good-bye to Dirty Kate's saloon -
Walk 'er round!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBaBB aBaBB cBcBB dBdBB XBXBB aBXBBeB eBBbBXbbBB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,7,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 111 111010111 111 1101 01011101 111 11111101 111 1101 0100111110 111 110001010 111 1101 010011101 111 010111111 111 1101 1100111110 111 00101111010 111 1101 0111101101 111 1011010100 111 1101 11100101001 111 11010111 111 1101 111111111 111 1001111101 1111101 111 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
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- summary of Good-Bye! (A Chantey To Be Sung At The Capstan);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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