This is an analysis of the poem Oft Let Me Wander Hand In Hand With Thought, that begins with:

Oft let me wander hand in hand with Thought,
In woodland paths, and lone sequestered shades,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaccddeeXXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111010101 0111110101 1101011101 01010101001 0001110011 01010001001 11111000101 0101010111 11010010101 1111011101 1101010111 1101100100 1111010101 0101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 624
  • Average number of words per stanza: 107
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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; and is repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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