This is an analysis of the poem Ah, Let It Drift that begins with:
Ah, let it drift, that boat of cypress wood,
There in the middle of the Ho....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABccAA ABddAA X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101110101 10010001 1111 1011101100 1101 1001101101 1101110101 10010001 1111 1110110101 1101 1001101101 01000011011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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.
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- summary of Ah, Let It Drift;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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