This is an analysis of the poem My Boating Song that begins with:
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Oh this earth is a mineful of treasure,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcbcbdbd dEDE X fgfgghgh dedE X didigggg deDE X jfjfbgbg dEDE a jejebkbkXdede
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,4,1,8,4,1,8,4,1,8,4,1,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 10100100010 01011001 111111010 01111001 1111110110 11110011 1011011010 11001001 011110110 111011011 110010010 11011001 1 1011010010 11011111 110010110 11101001 110010110 11101101 111010010 01101001 1010110110 11001101 1110010010 11011001 1 111011110 000101001 1011010110 010111001 110110110 11001001 1011010110 010010001 1011110110 11011111 110010010 11011001 1 1011011110 11011111 110111010 111111011 1111010110 101001101 1011010110 11111101 01111110 111011011 110010010 11011001 1 111111110 01111101 110110010 101001001 1011110010 11101101 1011111010 11001011 1011010110 01011001 1011010010 111011001
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 65
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; to is repeated.
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- summary of My Boating Song;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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