This is an analysis of the poem The Quarter-Gunner's Yarn that begins with:
We lay at St. Helen's, and easy she rode
With one anchor catted and fresh-water stowed;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbcc ddee ffgg hhgg iicX ggbb aagg iiXX ggdd jjbb eebb gXdd aaee aaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11111011011 01101011101 101101111011 111111001001 11011001011 11111011011 111011011011 11101001011 01101011011 101111001111 11011011001 111001101111 01011101101 101111111011 11011001011 101001111001 01011111011 111101011011 101011011001 001011011001 11001001001 01101101001 110111001011 1110010110110 11011101011 0101110101 010110001101 11101011000 11101001001 101001100011 101101001001 101011011001 01001001011 1010001011001 111011001001 110111010110 001011010001 11011111001 11011101001 101101101011 01100101001 101001101001 11011011001 11111011111 001101011011 11001101011 01001011001 111111001001 101001001001 111110110110 11101001101 101011101001 11011001001 101111011011 11001001101 111011001001 111101101011 11101011001 11011001011 110010011100
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 191
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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; we, by, hardy, they, and, him, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same words the, to at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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