This is an analysis of the poem Deserving Of Individual Life Boats that begins with:

Assuming...
That if they let the ship sink, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaabcdecf ghbXb cXgdcf fhcgeffXcde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,6,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010 1011011 0010101001 1110011 1001 1101 001010100010 10101000110100 01 110 010011100 101001010011 001001 11010 110110 11010111000 1110110111010 0010011101111 111101101001010 01101011010001 1 110110101111 11101101011 110 1010101 0110010100010010 1100011010 01100111100010 111100101 001001001 1011011101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; to is repeated.

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