This is an analysis of the poem The Journey that begins with:
I.
Hark, the rain is on my roof!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a XbXbcdcd efefgdgd fhfXeded bhbhaaaa X hghgifif hjhjdXdf dfdffhfX jkjkdldl X kdkdfcfc mbmbhaXX fnfndada fafahnhn X aaaajfjf jdjdlklk ololfafa lklkpepe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,8,1,8,8,8,8,1,8,8,8,8,1,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1010111 10010101 1100110 1010101 1111111 1011101 1010101 1110111 1011011 10101001 1010101 1011011 1110111 10100101 1111111 1111101 1010101 1011101 1011101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010011 0100101 101101111 11100111 10101001 1010111 1111111 1010001 1010101 10100101 1 1010111 10010111 1010111 1010101 10101010 1011110 00101010 1110101 1010101 1010101 1010001 1010101 1110101 0010101 1010111 1010101 1011101 1010101 0010111 10101001 1010111 1010101 1110101 11100101 1010101 0010101 10010001 10011111 10101010 1000111 10101110 1010101 1 1010111 1010001 1010101 1010001 0010001 1010101 1010101 1111111 0010101 1011101 1010101 10010001 1011101 0010101 10101010 1000100 0011111 0110101 1010101 00110101 0010001 10100111 1100101 1010101 1010101 1001101 1110001 1000111 1111101 1011101 10101001 10100101 1 1110101 1000101 0100101 1010101 101010010 00100101 10111010 1011101 1010101 1010101 10100111 1000101 1010101 10010101 0010101 1010101 1011111 1110111 1010001 10011101 1010111 1000101 1010011 1110101 10111001 1010101 10111001 1010101 1110001 0010101 1110101 1110101
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 132
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words better, hark, lo, every, mine are repeated.
The author used the same word is at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Journey;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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