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

Time was when the sportsman, with chivalrous care,
Would find a safe line for his follower fair, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffccaaeegghhcXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11101001001 11011101001 11001011011 11001001001 11111001001 101111101001 011101011001 101111001011 111001001001 101101001111 101011101011 111101101011 01111010011 11111011001 011001011001 111011001011 111101011111 0111111001011 111011001001 111011001001 11011111011 11001011101 110101101111 1110010 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 231
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, her, we are repeated.

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  • summary of The Pilot;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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