This is an analysis of the poem A Floating Boat Needs A Rudder that begins with:
You seek direction!
That's what you claim to need....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCD EFGEG gcac hhhCD HHHCD ABCD EFGEG cHEH cHEH FHEHGE FHFHEHGE beHX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,5,5,4,5,4,4,6,8,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010 111101 111011 001010011011 11101 1101111 11011 0100011101 0110111 10101 011111 101110 111001 10111101010 111101010 10110101010 0101 1010110 111101010 111101010 111101010 0101 1010110 11010 111101 111011 001010011011 11101 1101111 11011 0100011101 0110111 111101 01011010 101 110010 111101 01011010 101 110010 1111 11101010 1111 01011010 111101 10101 1111 11101010 1111 11101010 1111 01011010 111101 10101 11011010 11101 01011010 0101100
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 58
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to, boat, use, need, rudder, and, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.
The author used the same words and, that at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rudder is repeated).
The poet repeated the same words druthers, other, me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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