This is an analysis of the poem O Captain! My Captain! that begins with:
O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbXcdC dXbbXcXc eeaXdcdC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 110110110101 011101001011101 010101110101010 110101010101110 11111 1010101 11011101 10111 110110111101 111101011101011 1101110011101010 111101011101010 110110 010111 00111101 110111 1101110011111 11011111111110 01010111010111 010101011001011 01111111 110101 1011101 10111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 411
- Average number of words per stanza: 68
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; heart, for, you, my, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, for, my are repeated.
The author used the same word o at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word dead at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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