This is an analysis of the poem Gunner Joe that begins with:
I'll tell you a seafaring story,
Of a lad who won honour and fame ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb acdc efgX efhX cXXX edad XcXc ijaj ckik ilil dmXm cbkb XlXX XXgf idhX gfgf iXjX bXXj imXm
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010010 001111011 110110100 11001001 10100100100 01101010 1011011110 11011111 111110010 01011011 110111011 1101101010 110010010 11111001 110111010 100011010 111011110 1111110 110111111 1001010 110011010 1111011 110011010 101011001 110111110 110101001 1110010110 11011001 111011110 11101011 1010110110 11111101 110110110 11101001 110101010 111010111 1100101010 01011111 110110110 11111011 101010010 110011011 1011101010 101101011 1111011010 01101001 110010110 101011011 1110110110 111011001 110110101 111010100 11110110110 01001111 111111111 11011011 110111010 11011001 110111010 11101001 110011010 11001011 011110010 11011011 111110110 11111001 111111111 11111011 1010110111 11110101 11011110 11111111 110010110 11011001 010111111 11101101
- Amount of stanzas: 19
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 76
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; ', says, out, as, 'e, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, they, 'e are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
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- summary of Gunner Joe;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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