This is an analysis of the poem Flinders that begins with:
He left his island home
For leagues of sleepless foam, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcddbC eeacfXaC aagcddgC bbhciihC ffjchhjC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 110101 1101001 111101 110111 110111 110111 110001 110101 110101 110111 110111 010101 0100100 110101 110001 110101 011101 111101 101111 100111 110111 110101 110001 011101 011111 1101010 110101 1001001 001101 1000110 110001 111111 110100 110101 110101 10010010 1101110 111111 110001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 285
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Flinders;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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