This is an analysis of the poem Treasure Trove that begins with:
We were a crew of what you please,
Men with the lust of gold gone mad;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababXbbaa cccccbbcc cdcdcddcc efefeggee gfgXggggg Xhijieeii jhjhhkkhh bhbhbffbb chjchhXc blblbggbb mnmnXggmmXbkbkbbbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,8,9,19,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10010111 10010111 11101101 0010110101 0100100 111110101 01011111 011100101 1100101 111110111 010100101 1100110101 1101011001 100100101 101110101 010101101 111110111 110111 100101011 1111101001 111101111 110110111 1011111 110011111 010010011 111101011 110101 010100101 11111111 110010101 011100101 011101 11101101 1111011001 01011101 1101001 1001011001 10110101 10111111 0001100100 110111 110010101 110110101 11110101 110101 01110101 101011111 111110111 0011100100 011111 111111011 100111001 01000111 110111 111101100 11110111 11010100 110110101 110101 111100111 0010010101 1100100101 0101101 111100101 111101001 1011111101 1011101101 11110101 101111111 010111001 1100100111 100111 111111101 011100111 11011100 011011101 10100111 1011110110 110101010 0010111 010110111 10100101 11111101 1110101 10111001 111101101 1001001101 1010010101 01101 1111001001 111111 1101101100 1111001 0101011110 111110111 111100111 110100101 011101 110110111 1100100101 110111101 1100100101 1110111 11110101 11111101 101111111 011111
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 298
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 108
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; or, route, of, and, damned are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, who, or, the, six, and, we are repeated.
The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines seas, more, dance, plate, draw, sea, bred, replied, age, damned are repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Treasure Trove;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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