This is an analysis of the poem Shipping To Their Shores that begins with:

Honored delusions exchanged in confidence,
Is fine to embrace when within one's fence....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcX XbdXdb cXbabX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10010010100 0100110111 1101011010 10000100111 00010101001 110 0001010110 00100101 11110101011 001101100101 110010101101 1 00110100101 110010100101 01011110 1101100011011 11010110100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Shipping To Their Shores;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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