This is an analysis of the poem The Chantey Of The Cook (Dithyramb Of A Discontented Crew) that begins with:
The Devil take the cook, that old grey-bearded fellow,
Yo ho, haul away!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBab cBcb dBdB cbcB dBdb XBXb XBXb dBdb aBab cBcb dBdcXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101011111010 11101 11111111010010 10110101001 010101110110 11101 111101010110 111011011001 01101010111110 11101 101011110100010 11101 110011101110 1011110001 1010101001101110 11101 0111111101010 11101 1101010101010 1010111001 111101111110 11101 1111111111110 1110101011111 101100011110 11101 1110111100001 1111110111001 10101111111010 11101 001000111101010 1101111 00100011111110 11101 1101010101010 1110110111001 11101011111010 11101 101010110111010 10111111001 110111111010 11101 110111111010 10100110 101010101100100011 11100101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same words away, day at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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