This is an analysis of the poem Sea Ballad - From that begins with:
“HOW many?” said our good Captain.
“Twenty sail and more.” ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXddb dedee aXeeBF ggBF fahaBF cgagXhgBFghhc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,5,6,4,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011010 10111 10101 100010110101 10111 011111 11111101110101 010101 010101 110101 1010111 110101011010101 111010 0011101 1100010010001 011011 1110101 111 1110111 1101011010101 1110101 111 11101 0010101 011101 110101 1110101 111 01110101010101 1010101110101 11101110 1001111 111101 11111001 1110101 111 1001 011 101 101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word aft at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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