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

I DO not care for garments fine,
I do not care for medals bright; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd XaeaXdXd fefedddD ddddcdcDXbbbbedeD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111101 11111101 11110101 11111111 01010101 10100111 01011111 11110101 11111100 01110101 11111110 11010101 01010111 11010101 11110101 10010001 01010101 11110101 01001101 11110100 00010111 11010011 11010101 11010001 11111111 11110101 11010101 11110111 11010111 11010111 11110101 11010001 00101101 11011111 00101101 01001101 11110101 11110101 11010101 11010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, that are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word road at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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