This is an analysis of the poem The Sale Of Saint Thomas that begins with:
A quay with vessels moored
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcdefaaeghfbdbiejakgXjelaXafdalmffdXdjXhfbflffnacanabdlbbggopjXqfhoXflbllbrcblslelggolndgsbtalbladfkfjlsa gi jh haqfd bhfdjdfadb ghfohkdlqlucgdfi gvq ghf bh rf bg I be ebqeg biggoXfirjjbf djagbacjrsdefagdbaabtfrbajldgXggggdXvrra bi ggaqrdf birdh gghgd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,105,2,2,5,10,16,3,3,2,2,2,1,2,5,13,40,2,7,5,5,35,7,2,4,4,6,2,11,2,10,2,2,2,23,74,29,34,1,4,2,1,1,10,2,1,3,2,2,4,6,2,2,3,2,2,12,4,1,41,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
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- Amount of stanzas: 61
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 559
- Average number of words per stanza: 73
- Amount of lines: 590
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, our, of, like, i, to, as, not, in, ', small, flies, mind, my, dream, one, he, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, the, i, to, thou are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him, carpenter, fear are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases i, all connect the lines.
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