This is an analysis of the poem The Wreck Of The Steamer Storm Queen that begins with:

Ye landsmen, all pray list to me,
While I relate a terrible tale of the sea,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXb aXXb aaaa ccdd XXdd eeff ggcc gggg eeff hhii ggjj ggaX bXee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11011101 110101001001 01001101010 11101011101 0100000110111101 111010001010 1010010101000101 1111001001101 01001110101 10101001001100101 10100101000111101 110011110101 111100101101 101110110111010 101010111001 10010100111010101 101101001111001 10010010111001010 11010111001 110010111011 10101010111 1011110010101 110101011101 010101010000101 11010110110011 101011101000111 1111010101 1010111101 1101100111 0110110000101 1110110100111 1010101110101 0110010010011 001100001010111 1101110101010 01011010101010 011101101000101 11100010111101 10110101110 110100100101010110 00101100001011 110011101011 11111001 11000111001 11011010101110 11111011010 1110100111111 0010010101110 111101111110 01110001001001010 110111010110001 10110100010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, of, and, to, their, he are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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