This is an analysis of the poem Nearing Port that begins with:
A blue line to the westward that surely is not cloud;
A green tinge in the waters; a clamorous bird-crowd;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXa bbbbaa bbcc ddaa bb bbaa ddaaaabb ddcceedd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,4,4,2,4,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0110010110011 0110010010011 11110101111010 11010111011101 1101010110101 1111011111101 1101110111101 0111010011101 0100011110101 0101010011001 1101010110111 1111110111101 0101110111101 1101110110111 1101011111111 0101011011101 11001111101001 1111010011101 1111110110111 11110101011111 11011100101001 1111010110101 1101111010111 1101010110101 1101010111101 1111110110111 1101110100111 1101010110101 11110101010111 0111010100101 1101110011111 0101010010101 1101010110111 1110010111111 1001110010111 11111000010111 110100100111101 1100010111101 1100110110111 1111110110101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, ye, to, of, no are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, now, ah are repeated.
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- summary of Nearing Port;
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