This is an analysis of the poem Northward that begins with:
Under the high unclouded sun
That makes the ship and shadow one, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaba aaca ddbd dddd eede ffdf eede ddfd ggXg ddcd hhXh X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011001 11011111 11011001 11000101 010011111 0100111001 01000101 11010101 1101001010 010010101 110010101 01011101 100010101 010010101 11110101 01000101 100011101 01010001 10010101 11000101 11001101 11111101 01000101 01000101 111010101 11110101 100100101 01110111 11100111 011100101 11101101 11010101 11111111 11110101 111101001 01110101 11011101 111100101 11010101 010100101 110101010 110101010 11011101 0100101010 111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, of, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, o are repeated.
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- summary of Northward;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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