This is an analysis of the poem Aboard At A Ship's Helm that begins with:
ABOARD, at a ship's helm,
A young steersman, steering with care.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XX ab aX XXbbX XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,2,5,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011011 01101001 01111011100010 1101101011101 1110100111101110 101001010011 11100111011011010 011010110101100 11 010011010101011 011011 1101001011101011 1100101001100100100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; bell, ringing, you, ship are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ringing connects the lines.
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