This is an analysis of the poem A Wayfaring Song that begins with:

0 who will walk a mile with me
Along life's merry way?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaaaaAaaaaaaaAbbcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 011101 01111101 11011111 11010101 1010110101 11011101 1110101 11010101 011101 01111101 01111001001 10101101101 01111101 01111101 1110101 01011101 11111101 11011101 111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 717
  • Average number of words per stanza: 143
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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