This is an analysis of the poem The Figure-Head that begins with:
The _Charles-and-Emma_ seaward sped,
(Named from the carven pair at prow)... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababb cbcbb dedece
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010110101 10010111 11110101 11110111 10110111 11011101 11011111 1011101 10111111 1010100101 11010101 01011111 01111101 11010111 101011011 1
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The author used the same word but at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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