This is an analysis of the poem The Ship Starting that begins with:

LO! THE unbounded sea!
On its breast a Ship starting, spreading all her sails--an ample... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101 101011010101110 110010010 0100100111111110 011001110 10101010101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 317
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 52 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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