This is an analysis of the poem Dan, The Wreck that begins with:
Tall, and stout, and solid-looking,
Yet a wreck; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd ececafaf fcfXgggg ehehidid gdgdhghg dfdfjkjX jdXdgXgl Xefeegeg gdgdhkhX Xfjfemem nknk dmdX jdXdklkl
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,4,4,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111010 101 11111010 101 10101110 1101 00101010 101 10101010 111 10111010 101 11101010 101 10101010 1011101 10101011 10111 10111011 1010 11101010 1011101 11101010 111 10111010 1001 11100010 101 11111010 111 11101010 100 11101011 111 11111011 101 11001111 1110101 10101001 001 10111010 101 10111010 101 10101110 111 10111110 11111 01101010 101 10101100 001 10111110 1011100 10101110 111 111111100 111 1011111 101 11101010 101 10101010 1011111 11101110 101 10111010 1010110 10101011 001 10111011 101 10110010 101 10101010 1111101 11111010 111 11101110 111 10101010 1111101 10001010 100 10111010 111 10101010 111 11011010 111 11111010 001 10111010 10100101 10101010 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 98
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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