This is an analysis of the poem Song From The Ship that begins with:
To sea, to sea! The calm is o'er;
The wanton water leaps in sport,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabaccbX dedeaaee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010101010 01010101 11010101 01010111 10110101 110010101 11011101 010101010 01011111 110010101 10011111 10110101 11010101 1010001111 01010111 01110101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 327
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; sea is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, the are repeated.
The author used the same word to at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Song From The Ship;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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