This is an analysis of the poem The Wayfarers that begins with:
Still the white stars burn overhead,
The green earth swings upon her way:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAcdbdb efef abab ghgh ijijXABAc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111101 01110101 11010001 010101 1111010010 01111101 110111110 010101 11011111 11011101 11010101 110101 110011001 01111101 01010101 111110 11110101 11101101 01010111 110101 10011111 11110011 10110101 111111 10111101 01110101 11010001 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, we are repeated.
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- summary of The Wayfarers;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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