This is an analysis of the poem Burnt Ships that begins with:
TO skies that were brighter
Turned he his prows; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc bdXd eXeb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011010 1101 011010 1101 01110 1001 1010 1101 11010 0111 11110 01001 001111 111100 0010011 0101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Burnt Ships;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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