This is an analysis of the poem Ode For A Master Mariner Ashore that begins with:

THERE in his room, whene’er the moon looks in,
And silvers now a shell, and now a fin,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbcddc eeffegge hhggijji Xeaagccg bbkkdjjd llccXaaX ccbbaaaa mmnnoffo
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1001100110 1101011101 1101111100 101111 1011111111 11010111 11010111 1111110101 1101110101 1101110101 0101010101 1111001 01101010111 11110101 01111101 1101011101 0111110101 1001011101 1101110101 010001 1101010111 01001111 01000100 1111010001 1011011110 11110101001 0111010101 100101 1011011101 011100101 10010000 1111010101 1011100101 11010101111 1001010101 0111001 1101110101 0111010111 10010100111 11010100101 1111011111 0101010111 0101100101 100011 1101110001 111100101 11111101 1101010001 1111010101 0101010101 110011110 010101 1111010101 01010111 11010001 0101010101 110111010010 10111011010 0101110100 111101 1111010101 11010111 01110101 1101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 314
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, so, her are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • summary of Ode For A Master Mariner Ashore;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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