This is an analysis of the poem The Stone Fleet that begins with:

I have a feeling for those ships,
Each worn and ancient one,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdd XbabXD efcfXd XeXedD gXgddd aeXedd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 111101 011111001 1011001 11110101 10111 11010111 11010101 01000100 0111101 11110 00111 110010111 10111111 01010101 111111 010110 111 1010101 10111000 01001101 10011 111111 00111 01000101 10110 11111111 1100111 110101 1111 11110101 100111 1001111011 01001001 010101 11111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word fleet at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Stone Fleet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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