This is an analysis of the poem The Ship, Solid And Black that begins with:
The ship, solid and black,
enters the clear blackness...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbccaa XbaaXX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: rondeau
- Metre: 011011 100110 00110 1011 01010 110110 11101111100 101 111100101 010101110001 01101011 1010 101010111 011010 0101101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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 The Ship, Solid And Black;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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