This is an analysis of the poem The Merchant Ship that begins with:
The Sun o’er the waters was throwing
In the freshness of morning its beams;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababacacadadaebefgfghXheaijijkjk fcfcacacafafjkjkXbbb akakabfbacecajbjefefjlbl akmkjbnbambmaejehehe aojoacacalalXjaj nknkbcnchphpgfgfgegebcec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,20,24,20,16,24,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011010110 001001001 1010010110 01001001 010010110 01101101 1010110010 11011001 010111010 01001101 1010010010 01001001 010110010 11001101 011010010 01011001 111111010 11101001 110010010 11001011 010111110 001111011 111110010 01011001 0110110100 11011001 111010010 101001001 1111010010 01011011 111011010 11111101 011010110 11011101 010010110 11001011 011010110 110001101 110110010 11001001 010010110 001111011 110011110 11101101 110011011 11001001 110110011 01101101 111011010 001111011 011110010 01101111 110010010 11001101 110010110 11001101 011010110 11101011 1011011010 11001001 010110110 01011111 1010010010 11001001 011010010 11001001 010010010 01011011 110110110 111011001 110010010 11011001 111010010 11101001 111010110 11011001 1011010110 01101001 110110010 11001101 010110010 01011011 1011010010 01001001 1011010010 11101001 110010010 101001001 011010110 11001111 1011010010 11001001 010010010 01011001 1011010110 111011001 011010010 11001001 1010010010 01101001 010111110 10001001 010001010 11001101 010010010 101001001 011010110 01011011 110010100 01011001 011010110 11001011 111010010 01001011 110010010 01011011 111011010 01001001 010110011 11011001 111111010 101011101 110010010 11101001 011011110 111011001 010111010 11101001 1110111010 11011001 1011110010 11111101 011110111 01001101 111011110 11011001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 821
- Average number of words per stanza: 151
- Amount of lines: 141
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words like, the, still, and are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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