This is an analysis of the poem The Song Of The Derelict that begins with:
Ye have sung me your songs, ye have chanted your rimes
(I scorn your beguiling, O sea!)...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabbba cacaddda eaeafffa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111111111011 11101011 110111011100 01001001 111111101001 01001011101 1111001011011 001111001 111001001001 11101001 111001001011 01101001 11111101101 11111111111 11011111001 01101001 11001001111 11001001 11011101001 11001011 01101111011 101011101111 111011101101 11011001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 342
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; ye, me, your, and, i, for are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word sea at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Song Of The Derelict;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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