This is an analysis of the poem God Help Our Men At Sea that begins with:

The wild night comes like an owl to its lair,
The black clouds follow fast,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbccbbddXEfE agagggghhiibEjE fdfddkkjjeXaEbE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,15,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111111001 011101 1011110101 101110111 011101 10111010 10101010 10111001 1011101 1011111 1011101 101011101011 1001011001 10100111001 111111 1100101101 111101 1010101111 1011110111 0111101 1110101 1000101 1010101 1010100 1010101 0010110 101011101101 1001011001 101101101101 111111 1111110101 110101 1111101001 0100101111 01001011 1010101 1011101 1011011 1100101 1111111 1110110 101011101001 1001011001 111001101011 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 540
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, past, lone, that, it, pale are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, empty, from are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines past, lone, pale are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word sea at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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