This is an analysis of the poem `for'Ard' that begins with:
It is stuffy in the steerage where the second-classers sleep,
For there's near a hundred for'ard, and they're stowed away like sheep, -- ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccccc ddccccc eeccccc ffXcccc ggccccc eXXcccc ccccccc hhiiccXcc eejjccccc ddffccXccXddffccccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,7,7,7,7,7,7,9,9,19,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 001000101010101 111010101110111 111010110011101 111010101100101 101111101011111 101000101110101 0010101 0011111 101110101011001 11011100001001 101011101110101 101110101011101 111110101010111 1111101 1111101 101111101001101 1111010111011 110110101010101 101111101111101 101001101110101 0111101 0111101 1011011001010101 111011101110101 101110101110101 10101011101001010 111111101011111 11010111 1010111 10111101110101 11110111010101 001010101010101 101111101010111 101011101111101 0011111 0011111 01010111111101 101010101010101 101110101011011 111000101010010 101110100011001 0111111 0111101 101111101111111 11010101110101 11010011010011 111011101110111 101110101110101 0110101 0111001 101010101111101 11111101110101 101110101111101 111001100011101 101001101010101 001000101111001 101010110110101 1010010 1110101 111010110110101 101110101010111 101010100010011 001011111011101 1010111010100101 001010100010101 111010101010101 1010101 1111101 101011101110111 101010101010101 101010101011101 10110101011101 101011100010101 111010101111101 111110101110111 1111110 1010101 101001100010101 101110100110101 101000101010101 1001010101010101 101110101010101 111010101011101 111010101010111 1010111 1110111 101010101111111
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 454
- Average number of words per stanza: 80
- Amount of lines: 87
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; aft, 'n', an', they, our, he, their, there's, to, land, of, what's, use, we, be are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words just, with, there, what's, we, an' are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines aft is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word aft at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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