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

Some of my friends (for friends I must suppose
All, who, not daring to appear my foes,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbbbbbccddeeffgghhddffeebbiijXjjhhddkklXiijjllffkkaaaammkknnbbAADDXXiijXllggccddbbddfflljjjjhhbbbbjjddaabbooggAADD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 118,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1011111101 1111000111 1100111101 1101101101 1011110011 1101010101 1101010101 1111110101 1111110011 1101010101 0100010001 1101010101 1011010101 1101110101 0101110011 0111110111 1100110111 1111010101 1111111101 0101111111 1111100101 11101000101 1110100111 1011010101 0100101011 1111110101 0101010101 1111110110 1111111001 0111111111 0111111101 1111011101 10111010101 1101010110 1011111111 1101111101 0011110101 01100010001 1011010101 1101110111 1001000101 0111110101 1111010001 0111010100 1011010101 1001110101 1011110001 0101010101 1101010101 1111110001 1011011101 1001011111 1001010111 1100010101 10010100101 100101101 1111010101 1111110101 1001011101 1011110001 1001010101 0101110101 1001000101 1111111111 1001010101 1101010101 1101010111 0111101111 1011011101 1111010101 0100011101 01011010110 1011011101 1011110011 1001010101 1101010001 1011000101 1001001101 0101101101 0111011101 1101110111 0101110001 1011010101 1101011101 0101110101 0111001101 0101110101 1101001101 0111011101 1010101011 01010010010 0111110011 1101011101 1101000100 1001110101 1101010100 1101000101 1101011101 1111011101 1011000101 1001110101 11110010101 01010111001 111110101 0101110101 1101011101 1101010111 1101111101 0111000101 1101010111 1111001101 0111110111 1000110101 1011011111 1101010111 0111101111 1011011101 1111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 5095
  • Average number of words per stanza: 933
  • Amount of lines: 118
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, to, in, i, and, by, no, let, with, them, when are repeated.

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

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

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

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