This is an analysis of the poem The that begins with:

One moonlit night a ship drove in,
A ghost ship from the west,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXdb bbabXb beXebe XfbfgX XbXbab gdcdXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110110 011001 100111110 10111 01111100 111101 1010001 10101 1110101 10101 10101110 10011 11110111 110111 01111101 10001 10100111 00101 11100101 010101 11010111 010111 110110101 000111 01010101 010111 1111010010 1011 011111010 1111 01110101 011101 011101010 111101 100110101 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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 is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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