This is an analysis of the poem Song Of The Galley Slaves that begins with:
We pulled for you when the wind was against us and the sails
were low. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abBXbXbXbBcbbbBcaXXXB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111011011101 01 0110111 11111011111101 10110101101 01011110101101 1111001 110011101110111 10101111011 0110111 011011111110 100101111110 1111110100111 11011111 0110111 100101111100111010 1010111111010 011011010111110 11111010010001 10 0110111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1034
- Average number of words per stanza: 199
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word we is repeated.
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