This is an analysis of the poem The Sailor Boy To His Lass that begins with:
I go away this blessed day,
To sail across the sea, MATILDA!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdbeb fbabXbfb cbdbebab gbXbhbcb gBDBFBEB ibgbabgb ibfbjbab jbgbfbib kbibjbib dbebkbdb Xbebibib dbhbfbXbXgBDBFBEB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1101011 010101010 110111001 110101010 11011111 100111010 11011101 010111010 01111101 110111010 11110101 010001010 01101101 010101010 11011101 011111010 11111111 010111010 11010111 011101010 11111111 010111010 01011111 10111010010 11010111 111101010 11111111 101101010 11111111 110111010 01011101 10000100010 11010111 010101010 01011111 011111010 01010101 011101010 10011101 010101010 110111001 110101010 11111101 011111010 11010101 011111010 11010101 111111010 11111101 111101010 11011101 111101010 01011111 011111010 00011101 010111010 11010111 100101010 11010101 011101010 11011101 111101010 11011111 110111010 11111101 011111010 11111101 010101010 01011111 111101010 11010101 110100010 10111101 111101010 11111101 011101010 11010111 111101010 01011111 111101010 1111110 111101010 11011111 010001010 11111101 110001010 11010101 111001010 01011101 010101010 01011101 111101010 111011111 100101010 11111101 110011010 11010111 010101010 01011111 011111010 01010101 011101010 10011101 010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 276
- Average number of words per stanza: 51
- Amount of lines: 104
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, you, no are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word matilda at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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