This is an analysis of the poem The Wreck Of The Barque Lynton that begins with:
A sad tale of the sea, I will unfold,
About Mrs Lingard, that Heroine bold;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbcc bbcc dXee ffgg hhcc aaaa gXii jjcc fckk dddd fccc ggkk llii kkee ggcc iimm ddaa Xcee bbnn
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0110011001 01101011001 1101001001011 0101010110101 1101001001100011100 10111101101 1010101110101 10101011010101 1101001011010100 11001111100001 111010011100 10111001000100101 1010101010101001 10111011101110 1010111001001 11001110101011 10101010101010 10100101010101 10110101011101 11110101110101 1101110001010101 11010010101 101101011010101 1011011111111 1101010010101 1101010101011 111110101111101 11110001011 11010111011001001 1011101011111100 11010100101001101 10111110101 1011011010100101 111010010111101 1010110001101 10110101101001 11010101100010 0100101111110 11011100110001 1011110001 11011011001001 101011001101 1110101010101 010110001111001 10111100110001 1111111111001 101011100101 0101111001001110101 1111010111101101 11010001010101 11101110111 10110001101000111 11010111010001 100001010100101 111011100101 11101001010101101 10101001011101 111101110110111 011111001 1111010111110101 110111101010001 11101010101 111101011101111 1111001101111 101110110101 1111010111101 10010101001 100001010011 11010011 11110101 101011111 1010100101010101 10010111011001100 1010110110 1101100011010100 11101010101101 11010010101110101 10110101101 10110101010010 011001001010
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 80
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; on, of, in, and, her, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, then are repeated.
The author used the same word then at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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