This is an analysis of the poem Ale that begins with:
Now do I hear thee weep and groan,
Who hath a comrade sunk at sea? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbaa dcXcee bXfXggXcgfgdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11111111 11011111 11101011 10011111 11110011 11110101 01110101 110010011 10111111 11010101 11011111 10010111 1100111 11110100 01010011 010101001 11111111 01011101 11010011 11010111 11111111 11110111 110010111 0111111111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thee is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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