This is an analysis of the poem From 'Captains' that begins with:
In far waters of Arctic and South
On the curves of the malachite ripples,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabc aaXa dadc edea dcdc cXXa bbXcXcaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011001011 1010010010 0110111101 10100101 0111111010 101011011 111110010 101011011 111011010 10100111 1011111010 101011001 111011011 101111101 111011011 0111010101 101001111 111001101 11011011 011001101 101101011 101101011 111011011 111110011 10101011111 11110111 1110011100 001001010 0010011010 10100101 101011011 10101001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; of, with, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word who is repeated.
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