This is an analysis of the poem Voyage Of The Good Ship Union that begins with:

1862
'T is midnight: through my troubled dream... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcbdXde cefeffbf ghihjkgk eeiealdl jbmbhaba bicifhdh blblfeXe hiiiebfb iiiimdid aaaadcdc cXibiifi Xihikhdh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 101111101 110101 01010101 011101 11110101 010110 00110101 110101 10011101 1101101 01011101 110101 11010111 110101 11111001 011111 11000111 111101 11011101 010111 11000101 110111 01111101 011101 11011111 111101 01010101 111111 01111101 110101 01111111 110101 01110101 110101 11010101 010111 11010111 010101 11110110 110101 110101001 110101 01011101 110101 11011101 110101 110010111 010101 11010110 110011 01011101 1110001 01011101 111111 11110101 100101 01011101 0100101 110011101 0101001 111111101 010101 01011111 010111 00110101 011101 0100111001 010101 11000111 111101 11111101 010101 11111101 101111 11010101 010101 10010101 110101 1101101 110101 11100101 11011 001101001 110101 11011101 1101010 11111111 0101010 0011010010 110111 11110111 010101 01010101 010101 11111111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 239
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 97
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, on, she, one are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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