This is an analysis of the poem Off Heligoland that begins with:
Ghostly ships in a ghostly sea,–
Here's to Drake in the Spanish main!–...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcbcb dXdXefef dgdgfafa ha haicic
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,2,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10100101 10100101 10010101 11110101 10000101 10000101 100111001 01101101 10110101 10010100 10100101 11101101 10100101 10100111 111001101 10010101 10100101 10010111 10011111 100100111 10010111 11100101 10100101 10110101 10011111 10100111 10100101 11100101 10100101 10100101 10110101 10101101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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, ghostly are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word out is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Off Heligoland;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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