This is an analysis of the poem Ruan’s Voyage that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbbbcbcddeffeggXh bbiicjcjkk iii laXX iX iiXX XX aX cckm cc ikiknniibbllllciXcllckXkkddbbclcXliilcoicio XiiiikbkbbXblbllllliill cbcbnlnngllgXkklppliioojjaakXaXffjf lilikikiiXXoolkokoXmjfmqaaq ggoXllilX XaakkiiXXjjececiXXbqqiijjekkeoomm XbboXiijjfggfl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,10,3,4,2,4,2,2,4,2,43,23,35,27,9,33,61,10,8,11,11,84,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1 011101001 1110111 010101111 01010111 01111111 01111101 11011111 11111111 11011101 01010101 11010011 11111101 01110101 01010101 101100010 011101010 1001010110 0011100101 00011111 11011101 10001110 10101110 1101111 11010101 10101001 1011101 11010111 01010101 101101111 110101 1000101 10111011 10111101 0010100 11010101 110110101 01011110 1010111 1110101 1110111 11010111 10010100 101011101 110111001 110110101 10011101 01000101 111011101 1000101100 11001111 11011101 011111011 011111001 110101101 01010101 11011101 10010101 11011101 10110011 11010101 11010101 11011111 11010111 01010111 11111101 11111101 01010101 100011100 01011101 1010011 10010001 11010101 01110101 1101111 01010011 101111001 11011001 01110101 11011100 110101100 01010101 1101011 01010111 11010101 110010101 11111101 01010101 11010111 0111011010 11010111 110010101 010101110 010101111 111101101 1 0010101 01110101 1000101 01010001 01001110101 1111011111 1111010101 11110111 1111101 10010110100 1001111100 11010100111 0101011101 0111011101 1101110101 0101010101 1101000101 11010101 10010100111 11010100101 1001010101 1101110101 1111010101 100010100100 1001110001 11010100101 1101010101 0111110101 0101110101 01001110101 0101111100 1101011101 1101010101 110101011 01011111 1110101 01110001 0101111 01010101 01011101 01100101 11010111 01011101 11000111 0110101 1111101 111101 1110110101 1111101101 0111110111 11110111100 0111110111 1111010100 1111010101 1011001101 110101101 1001110101 11110101 1100011110 0111001011 110101010 01110101 01010001 11110111 11011101 10010101 11110100 11010011110 1001011001 11011101 01010101 11111101 11110111 01000101 11001101 1011010 1001001010 11011101 01010101 0101001010 101001100 01110111 1000101 0010101 0101111010 01010101010 1101111011 111110111 1010110111 0111011101 1100110111 1101011101 0111110011 1 101100101111001 110111000100101 00100110111001011 1010111010101 101010011000111 011010010111101 11111110101000 001110110100100 1110100110111101 1011010011111 0101110111011 101111110100101 101110101111001 1111011010101 1001010011101 01011010101010 01010111001000 11010110110101 1101100101100001 01010011100111 1101011100101 0111110010111 11100101101001 1011010011101 110010111101001 100101010101 1101010011101 10111010111101 1001010111101 11010111001 0101110111010 10010101101010 1 10101111 11011101 110111010 01110011 101100111 1010101 01100101 11110001 1111111 11111001011 1111111101 11010101 011000101 1011011101 11011101100 11011101010 01010111 1000101 10000101 1111101 1010101 0110111 1010101 1011101 0011111 1111000101 11010111 11101111 01101101 11111101 01010011 11010101 00110101 01100111 01010101 11101101 10010101 10010101 11100101 11010110 11010111 110111 1010101100 01010111 01011111 01010101 01000101 110101110 11100111 010101010 111101010 11011101 11011101 01001101 01110101 11010001 01010111 010010101 111100101 01000101 01010101 111111 110001111 010101111 01010111 11010101 11100101 01110101 111101 01010001 101111 1011101 1110001 01010101 11010111 110101101 1010111 010110101 1101111 01010001 10110101 11010101 11110101110 1101011111 11111111 11010111 1101101001 1101010111 10011101011 11111101 01010110 1011010101 1011111101 010101001001 1101110100 1111111101 10011110011 1101000101 1111110101 0011110011 1 1101101111 0111110101 100101101 0101010101 1011010111 11011111001 0101010101 0101110001 1101010101 00110011101 1101110101 1101110111 0101110101 1101010101 0111011011 01010100101 0111101101 0011110101 0111010111 0101100101 1011011101 1111011101 1101010100 111011111 0110010101 1111101011 01111101010 0111010101 1101010101 1011111101 1110011011 1100101111 0011010111 0011111101 1101011111 1011010111 111111101 0111010111 11011111000 1111100110 111111111 0101111110 1111111011 111111011 1001011101 10111100001 1101110101 110101111 1111111101 1000111101 1011010111 111111111 11110010101 0011110011 1011000001 1010101 1010111 01010101 1010111 1010101 010010101 01010101 10010101 01010101 010011001 11010101 110100101 11000111 11001101 11000101 101010101 111010101 00110101 0101000111 1010101 11111111 11100101 1010100101 110001001 1010101 1011101 0010100101 1011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 22
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 727
  • Average number of words per stanza: 135
  • Amount of lines: 411
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; and, seemed, never, her, of, i, thee, '', on, as, with, that, to, thy, his, he, old, not are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, full, it, and, a, with, her, three, his are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him, '' are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word '' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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