This is an analysis of the poem Lines On The Loss Of The "Titanic" that begins with:

In a solitude of the sea
Deep from human vanity,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba ccX ddd eee ffX ggg ddd hhh aab ddd ccX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00101001 1010100 1010111010101 1101010 00100010 1101110101010 100101 010100 0111011010100 100101 01001001 1101110101111 111101 110101 110101010001100 111100 0100101 0100011110101 0101001 101101 0101101110100 110111 010111 0100101010101 1001100 110111 0100100110100 111101 110100 1101011011001 1010000 11001111 1101011111000
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • 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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in is repeated.

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