The Wanderer From The Fold by Emily Jane Brontë: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Wanderer From The Fold that begins with:

How few, of all the hearts that loved,
Are grieving for thee now; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcX ecec fdfd gdgd hihi aiai cccc jkjk ldld
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 110111 11110101 010101 11011101 111111 11010101 011100 01110111 0100101 11010011 1101001 101101001 110111 010110101 110101 11011101 111111 10101001 111111 100101010 1101101 1101001010 010101 11111101 111101 11111111 010111 01010001 010001 01111101 111101 11010001 1101001 11011101 011111 011111010 111100 010111110 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, what are repeated.

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

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