This is an analysis of the poem Wanderers that begins with:

A clear, cool night. I have been reading, but the thoughts of man do not solace me.
I raised the curtain and looked at the moon, clear and...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXaXcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111110101010111101 110101110111100111100011011 111010001 11011010010111010010011 11110101101101101011 01011011 11110110111011 10011110010 1111000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 587
  • Average number of words per stanza: 116
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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