This is an analysis of the poem A Song Of The Road that begins with:

O I will walk with you, my lad, whichever way you fare,
You'll have me, too, the side o' you, with heart as light as air; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabb cbcB bbbbbbXcbcB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11010111010111 11110111011111 111101110010101 0110010111101 011100111110111 11010111110101 11010111 010111 11111111 110101 11111101110111 11010111110101 011111111011101 11100111011101 01010101111111 11011101010101 11010111 011010 01011111 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 250
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, i, with, walk, or, an' are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word you at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase to connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Song Of The Road;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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