This is an analysis of the poem My Boat Swings Out And Back that begins with:

My boat swings out and back,
Moored among mint and rush.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcabc adedae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 101111 010101 100111 110101 010101 110101 0100111 110011 100111 0100111 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of My Boat Swings Out And Back;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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