This is an analysis of the poem To The Master Of The _Meteor_ that begins with:

Lonesome on earth's loneliest deep,
Sailor! who dost thy vigil keep--... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabcbXccb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111001 10111101 101011101 101011111 01111101 110101001 011100111 0010010111 10100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; we, of are repeated.

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