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

Down in the shipyard, day and night,
The Galahads of the dock,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbX acc deef aeaggXgdbf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011111 0100001 110100101 11101000 010110101 00011101 0010110101 1 0100011101 1111010101 100100 111 01001 011101 110101101 1110111001 11011100001 0101010001 1100010101 010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

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

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