This is an analysis of the poem A Boat Beneath A Sunny Sky that begins with:

A BOAT beneath a sunny sky,
Lingering onward dreamily... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXabBbaaaXccbBbaaaddd X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 10010100 0110001 1011101 1011101 1010101 1111101 10111001 1011101 1111100 1010101 1011101 1010101 1011101 1001101 0010111 1010111 1010101 1010101 10000101 1100101 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 325
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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