This is an analysis of the poem Fainting By The Way that begins with:
Swarthy wastelands, wide and woodless, glittering miles and miles away,
Where the south wind seldom wanders and the winters will not stay;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd cceeffgX ccXdhhdd ggiibbcX ccffccaa jXffXbaX jjkkffcX ccllbbff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1010011101001011001 101110101010011 1010010101011101 101011100110101 10010010101010101 101011101010101 1010010100011101 1010101010110101 1110111000100101 001011101000101 101010111010011 011010101010101 101110111110111 101110101010101 111011101011101 101010111111110 1001010101110111 101011111010101 10010101010101010 10010101010010101 101011111110101 1010111010101101 101010101010111 1010101011100101 101010101110101 1111101111101101 111010101111101 001111100011101 111010101110001 1110011101010101 1011101010010111 101110101011110 11100010110000011 101110111110101 111010101011111 111111101011101 111010100010101 111010110010011 111010110010111 111011101010101 1110011101110101 101010101000101 111011001010101 111011101110111 111010011011101 100110101010101 1110101010100011 111010111111111 111100101110101 101010101010101 101010111011111 101110111111101 111110111011101 111011100110111 111011110010111 1011101010111010 111111101111101 111110101011101 1110100101110111 100010111010011 101011101010101 111110101010101 111011101110101 001111111011101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 525
- Average number of words per stanza: 97
- Amount of lines: 64
- Average number of symbols per line: 65 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
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; and, of, i, we, by are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words by, and are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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