This is an analysis of the poem Wanderers Lost that begins with:
Oh, we are the phantoms of rovers lost
See how the mocking mirages play!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbbbb XCXccccC cdcdXXdd eAeXffaA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1110100101 110100101 111101101 110101101 111001101 111111111 11101101 110100101 0101100111 110100101 1110111111 1110100101 01011011001 10101100101 111100101 110100101 100100111 10010101 100110101 110100101 100100101 0010100110 100101101 100100101 11101011011 101100101 1111101001 1001111100 10011001011 111101111101 110101001 101100101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 318
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of, our are repeated.
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- summary of Wanderers Lost;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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