This is an analysis of the poem His Leadership Saved A Ship From Sinking that begins with:

Their entire reality,
Is based upon what they believe......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbbc dabaXeXc CF dgd dCF fbchbhebeb gdXggf aaifaieg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,8,2,3,3,10,6,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100100 01011101 0010101 011 101011 1010011 110001010 011100 100110101 100 10001001 01101 01100 111001 01011 01010 010101 11111 1111 101 01011 01010 0101001101110 110100 10011101 01110 11011101 10110 01110 1010101 1100101 11001101 1010111001 01001010 01001 11 1010101101 0101010 101010 1100100 11001001 1110111101 1000010100 11000101 111010 00100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 160
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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.

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  • summary of His Leadership Saved A Ship From Sinking;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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