This is an analysis of the poem The Golden Journey that begins with:

All day he drowses by the sail
With dreams of her, and all night long ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacc dXadee fggfcc hXXhii jkkjll iXhidd haaXjj bmmbgg XnnXooXghhgff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 01001111 01010111 01110111 11010111 11010111 01110101 01010101 11000111 01010101 10111101 00010111 11010101 11111101 10010101 01110101 01010111 11011101 11010011 10110100 11110101 01010101 110111001 01010101 11110111 11111111 11111111 11001101 11010111 11010001 01011101 01110110 11010101 11001101 01010101 01011101 11110101 10110101 11010111 01010110 11010101 01110101 11010101 11010101 01010101 11000101 0101111 01010101 10111111 10111111 01010101 01110100 11110111 10010101 10110001 11010111 100100011 11111101 11011101 01110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of The Golden Journey;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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