This is an analysis of the poem Sonnet I: Like An Advent'Rous Seafarer that begins with:

Like an advent'rous seafarer am I,
Who hath some long and dang'rous voyage been, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbcdddddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1110011011 1111110100 1101000100 1111110111 0100011111 1101010111 1111111111 11010100111 1111001100 0111110111 1101101101 1111010001 1011111001 110010111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 633
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; when, what are repeated.

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