This is an analysis of the poem Maverick Voyages that begins with:

Startling is the absence of vision.
It is clear these maverick voyages......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCADCAC b EfEeEfEdEdgddedcddXagXABCADCAC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,30,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100010010 0011100100 10100010 00101010010010 1010100001 10100 11001010 10010010010 10010010010100 1010101 0101000100 1010101 011001101 1010101 010100010100 1010101 0110001101 1010101 001101 110 11010111 001001101 110 1010 1100 100011011111 011101 101001 01010 01001010 100010010 0011100100 10100010 00101010010010 1010100001 10100 11001010 10010010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 297
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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 Maverick Voyages;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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