This is an analysis of the poem Roamin' Free that begins with:

The miser sits beside his hoard,
The lover tarries by his bride,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcbc dEfefgag ehehijij dEdedeae dadajhjh dEjehgiX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010101 01010101 11110101 01010111 11010101 01011101 11110110 01010101 11010101 0100010 11010101 110110010 11010101 1101110 11111101 1101010 11010101 11011101 11011101 01110111 11110101 11011101 11010101 11011101 11010101 0100010 01110111 1101010 11111101 1101111 110100111 1001011 11010101 11011111 11111101 11010101 11110101 11111101 11110111 01111101 111010101 0100010 11111111 1101010 10110101 1101110 11011101 00111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; of, to, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Roamin' Free;
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  • history of its creation;
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