This is an analysis of the poem Death Of Captain Cooke, that begins with:
OF 'THE BELLEROPHON,' KILLED IN THE SAME BATTLE.
When anxious Spain, along her rocky shore,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bbccddeeffbbgghhddddaabbiieeiiddaaXXbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,38,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 011000100110 1101010101 0101010111 1101010101 0101010101 1101010111 11010010011 1101101101 0011011111 0101010001 1011011101 1111110101 1101010111 1111011011 01010101101 1101110111 1111010101 0101110101 1101010101 0101110101 1111010101 1011010101 11101010011 1111011111 11011010111 0111011101 1001110101 1100010111 1101010101 1111111101 1101010101 1011101101 0111101101 1001110101 11001101100 1100110101 1100011000 11010101101 1100011111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 876
- Average number of words per stanza: 155
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.
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