This is an analysis of the poem The Derelict that begins with:
~And reports the derelict ~Mary Pollock~ still at sea.~
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab ccdeed FFgaAG ccXffh ffbffb hheaae iiajja kkhjjX kkdccdXFFgaAG
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101011010111 101 11010011 10110111 01000101110 00011111 0110111 10110101010 111110 001101 1101010101 100101 110101 1001110111 110101 111111 11111100010 1111001 011111 10010011010 111111 100101 11110101010 1111001 1111001 101111011010 100111 111111 1101010101 101111 110111 1001110111 111101 110101 11010101011 110101 101111 01000101111 110101 010101 11111100010 110101 010101 11111111100 111101 110101 11011101010 111101 110101 10010100110 111110 001101 0110110111 100101 110101 1001110111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 57
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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, my, to are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase swing connects the lines.
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- summary of The Derelict;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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