This is an analysis of the poem The Steamboat that begins with:
See how yon flaming herald treads
The ridged and rolling waves,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbc aaaadede fcfceaea ghghhXhX dfdfbcbc bgbgijij dkdkgcgc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 011101 110101101 110101 010111001 110101 11010101 010101 010111110 0111001 110101010 0100111 110100111 010101 01010101 010101 01011101 110111 11111101 110101 11110101 010111 011100101 110101 11011101 1101001 01000101 110101 11010101 01001010 01010101 011001 01110111 110101 01110111 011001 1100100111 110111 01010111 010101 11111101 1111001 01100101 010101 1101111101 010111 010101101 110111 111100001 1111110 11011101 0101010 11110101 1100101 11011101 110101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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, to are repeated.
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- summary of The Steamboat;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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