This is an analysis of the poem The Mad Wanderer that begins with:

There came to Grasmere's pleasant vale
A stranger maid in tatters clad,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaX cdcX ebeX bbbX bXbX fbfX bdbd gbgb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110100101 01010101 11011111 1111101010 11011101 11110001 110010101 1111101010 01110101 111100111 11010101 11011010100 100110111 01110001 11010101 11001101010 11011101 11010101 010111001 1101101010 11010111 011000111 110100101 1101101010 00010111 01110111 11011101 110101111 11010101 11011101 11100101 10110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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; her is repeated.

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

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

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