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

I know a country laced with roads,
They join the hills and they span the brooks, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcadaddeefgag dhahiiejjbkbkXefefaiaiicac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,26,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010101 110111101 1110100111 110101101 1110010101 110001011 1110011100 1100100100 110111111 1001111001011 11101100101 1101011001 10010100101 10100100111 10010110101 10100100111 010011101 1011110101 1100110101 1110111111 011110101 0101010011 111111111 111110101 1110100001 1010101001 1010100111 0100101001 1011010101 10110100111 11011011011 010110010001 0100101101 11101011001 0010100101 0011010101 100100111 111100101 100111101 101110101 001011001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 570
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, and, with are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Roads;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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