This is an analysis of the poem In The Harbour: Becalmed that begins with:
Becalmed upon the sea of Thought,
Still unattained the land it sought,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccaa ddee ffXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010101 110000101 11010101 11000101 11010101 01010101 01010100 11010101 11010101 11100101 11010001 01010101 11010111 01010101 010001001 01010100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word blow at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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