This is an analysis of the poem Amours De Voyage, Canto Iv that begins with:

Eastward, or Northward, or West? I wander and ask as I wander;
Weary, yet eager and sure, Where shall I come to my love? ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefgdeb f hijdkkiX X gegXcXXl X glXglkkiahhc X gaXcfm X fclgaXafk f hdigXXlaimejljdjdamdXe Xiekelae
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,1,8,1,8,1,12,1,6,1,9,1,22,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011011110111110 10110111111011 10010010110010011 10110110101001 11110010110110010 10110011101101 10011111110111110 11010111111011 10010111010000110 11010110001011 11010010 10100111010010 10010111110001 11101011110110 11011111010011010 11111111111010 11110101110011110 100101010010101 11101101010010 110100100 10101111110010 11010110100110 10101111110010 1010110101001 100101101010010 1100010010110010 10010110110010100 1010111011110010 110100100 1101011101010 1001111111001111 01011110111100100 11110111111010 111111101010010 101011010011010 10011100101010 111011110010010 1001011010101010 101101011011010 101100111110110 1001111011010011 110100100 11011111001110 1000111111110010 1001001111010100 10100010010110011 111001111110010 11111111100100010 110100100 11111111010010 100100101010011 111001010110110 110111110111110 11011111011010 111101111010010 111011101110100 101001010010010 1010011011010010 1101000100110110 1110101110011110 10010111111111 1111011011011010 11011101010010 110111011011100 10010110111011100 11111110110010 1011001101010010 111111110010010 11011111011011 101111111110010 101111101110010 100101011011010 111011101001110 110010101111110 11111110010010110 011111110110110 10110111011101010 10111001101011 011101101001111 11011110110011100 10111011110011110 1001101001111100 1101011001001 10010110010010010 1010011101001 10010011010110011 10010110101001 10010110010010010 10010011101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 359
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 95
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, to, como, or, have, they, in, her, we, you, not, he, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words gone, somewhere, what are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines pictures is repeated).

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