This is an analysis of the poem On Landing At Ostend that begins with:
The orient beam illumes the parting oar;--
From yonder azure track, emerging white,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbacddceffegg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 010111000101 0101010101 01001110101 10111100001 1111010101 1101000101 1111010111 11001111101 1101010110 1101011001 1011000101 0111010101 10010111101 0111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 612
- Average number of words per stanza: 113
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
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