This is an analysis of the poem The Boatman that begins with:
Driven by misfortune's whirlwind,
Having neither oar nor rudder,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdaaXe faffXgfc hiffdgji biXijhfc Xjggbkke X XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,1,16,8,16,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101100011 10101110 10111110 1010101 11101110 1011011 10101100 1110111 11101010 11111 0010101 111011 101111100 10101010 11100 111011 0010100 10101 101011 1010101 1110010101 11101110 1010100001 101010 10011010 10101010 11101000 1110101 11111 11101001 101010100 111001 00111100 11110 1001111 1111101 11111010 101010010 100011100 101110111 11 11111 1111 1111 11111 111111 11111 1111 111111 11111 1111 111111 1111 111111 1111 1111 11111 1111 1111 11111 1111 111111 111111 1111 11111 111111 11111 11111 11111 111111 11111 111111 1111 1111 11111 111111 111111 1111 11111 111111 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 766
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 82
- Average number of symbols per line: 83 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, my, and, их are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words on, в are repeated.
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- summary of The Boatman;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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