This is an analysis of the poem Adventure Bay that begins with:

SOPHIE'S my world . . . my arm must soon or later
Like Francis Drake turn circumnavigator, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaaaaabcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111111110 11011100000 1011110111 1111010111 1100011111 11000111001 100110101101 1111111011 10110110101 1011001111 110010011101 1011100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 577
  • Average number of words per stanza: 98
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • history of its creation;
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