This is an analysis of the poem The Rovers that begins with:

Some born of homely parents
For ages settled down—... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcdedacfcgbcb ghghddbd fijigkdk elelhbhb emcmbbcb XcjccnXn cccccofo Xgcgjggg jkakXbjb bpXpcdcdXgafadepe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 110101 0101010 010111 1101010 110101 0101110 110101 1101010 110101 0100110 111100 1101010 111101 0101110 010011 0101010 011101 1101010 010101 1101011 010111 1101010 111101 1111110 111111 1101110 111101 1101110 110101 110100101 110111 1101110 010101 1101110 110111 1100110 111101 1111110 110101 0101010 110111 0101010 011101 1101010 010101 1111010 110111 1111110 110101 1101010 110101 1111110 110111 1111010 111101 0101110 010101 1111010 111111 1111010 011101 0100010 110101 01010000 100101 0101110 1000111 0111010 111101 0111010 111101 1101110 110011 0101010 010101 1110100 011101 0101010 110101 1111010 110111 0101110 110111 1101110 110101 1111010 110111 0101010 110101 1111110 110101 1101010 111111 01010101 010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Rovers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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