This is an analysis of the poem Pirate Story that begins with:
Three of us afloat in the meadow by the swing,
Three of us abroad in the basket on the lea. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcXXbdbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 101010011101 101010010101 1100111100001 11110111011111 111010011101 100010110101 1000100010001 01001101110100 111010010101 101011010001 1110101111110 01000101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word three is repeated.
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