This is an analysis of the poem Stowaway that begins with:
We'd left the sea-gulls long behind,
And we were almost in mid-ocean;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababacc dedeffff dXdXghgh ififjijiXaeaejbjb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11011101 110110110 01111111 011101010 01110001 110111110 110101010 11010001 010101110 01110111 110010110 01111101 110111010 11010101 110001110 11010101 010111010 0100101 010001010 11010101 110011010 01010001 110111010 11011100 110101010 11110111 110111010 01010101 010111010 11010101 101111010 11001011 110011010 11111101 110101010 11110100 01010001011 11111011 011101010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 271
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- 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, i, to, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
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