This is an analysis of the poem To Governor Swain that begins with:
DEAR GOVERNOR, if my skiff might brave
The winds that lift the ocean wave,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbccdd eeXfeebbXXgg hhiieeccffcc ffbbddjjbbccddkkdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,12,12,18,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110001111 01110101 010111110 111101001 11110101 01010101 01111001 10010101 01101101 01011101 01111110 11110101 01010101 01111101 11010111 01111111 01111101 11111100 11110001 111101001 01101101 111101101 110101101 11010101 111101001 01010101 11110101 01000101 111101001 01010101 11010101 11011101 01101101 01110111 11010101 11110101 101110101 11010101 11010101 11011101 01110101 01010001 01011101 01110101 110100111 11011101 11010001 11110001 10010101 111100101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 455
- Average number of words per stanza: 83
- Amount of lines: 50
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; to, in, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, what are repeated.
The author used the same word it at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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