This is an analysis of the poem Jersey that begins with:
Dear Jersey! jewel jubilant and green,
'Midst surge that splits steel ships, but sings to thee!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXbb cdcdbb bebeXff gdgddd X Xhch
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,7,6,1,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101010011 1111111101 1101010101 1100110110 0101110100 1111010001 1111110101 1111001101 1011011101 1111010111 1101010101 1110010101 0101010101 110010101001 1101010101 0101001101 1101001010101 1101010111 0101010001 0101011111 1101010111 1111010101 11111100101 0101110111 1101010101 10 11000111001 010011111 110011101 1101111111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Jersey;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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