This is an analysis of the poem Queen Of Oars that begins with:
There is a lasting benefit to growing up poor.
And dealing with the 'guts' of reality....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab cde efghgegX ibjhgkgl gikkkaf cdehmnbXi meeomgX akcgjekmkblX hbbb ffXlokgcg iXnk hcXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,8,8,7,9,7,12,4,9,4,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001010001011 11000100100 1100010 10011010001011 01010101010 1011011110110 100101010 100011101110 1010 1 10 1011011 1001011000101 01 0100 11 0011010101 001 11110100 0101001 1110111 101011111 110101 1110010 11100 10010101010110 010110001 010101 110101010010101010 11010101 100100110 010101010101 101111 1100100111 1110011100 1111001001 001 111111 1011010 11 1101010001 11001 11100001 11011 110110001101 11010101 110010 1010100110 11010111 11110 0110011 10101101 10010011 101110101010 010101101 01010011 01 111110101000 111010110 10100 110111011 110100101 01011001101 101011001 0111 1010001 110111010 1110110 011000010 0101 1001100101011 10100111 100100 11110 11010101010 1111110 110 111011110
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 78
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; not, it, in, to, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words she, the are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
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- summary of Queen Of Oars;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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