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

Largo
In the morning I saw three great ships...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aAB XcXdbe XdXfXd Xee fb dX aec XacXaAB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,6,6,3,2,2,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 001011111 11100 0111100010 01001101 01010110 0101001001 11111 1110 1101 11111110 11001 01010 111101010 0101 10001110001 1100111 010111 1110 0010111101 010010010 1111001 1010110 001001110 10111 11001010110 1001 100010 01001 10010111111 11100 0111100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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