This is an analysis of the poem The Coral Island that begins with:

His arms were round a chest of oaken wood,
It was clamped with brass and iron studs, and seemed...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaababcdXdcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 0101010101 01101110111 1101100111 1111010111 1111000111 0101010111 0110011101 0001110111 0101010101 1101111101 1111011100 1001111101 1101011111 01010111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 632
  • Average number of words per stanza: 123
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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.

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  • summary of The Coral Island;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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