This is an analysis of the poem The Universal Shyp that begins with:

Come to, Companyons: ren: tyme it is to rowe:
Our Carake fletis: the se is large and wyde...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXX bXbXXXX cXcXXXX XacaXXX bdXddaa XXXXXXX XXXXXdd XXXXbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10100110001 110100110111 1110010111 1011110111 1100101111001 11011110100 11111101101 11110111001 1100100100 1110111111 1011111111 010100110110 1111111000 100110100110 111111101 01010110111 10110100111 1100100011 11111100011 11010010101 1101110111 110100101110 10110110001 11111101011 110111100111 110110110110 110101001011 11010111011 1110100111 11010100101 01011001110 01110101101 010011101 01100110101 10110110101 110011110111 111110110100 1100110101 1111101010 11010011110 010101100110 111001010 110100101110 100011001010 11010110101 11010011011 10110111111 010111111 1100110101 01110010110 1101110110 1111011100 1100011101 1100011110101 11010010011 0111000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 303
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ye, and, our, to are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Universal Shyp;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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