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

WANDERER.
YOUNG woman, may God bless thee,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bccdXec e bfgehae a ffeXi e ccjeeK a iliX e m a ncd e a a fXaeel e baaj a a e ccn a l e j a d e beK a afbofe e bk a aXblnapihlicdqqXophn e ojaaiam a liXlhcXobiXqligce e dic a die e eeed a d e rjldXicbX a eonqilmpoXoocle e e a bb e h a gd e X a o e l a d
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,1,7,1,5,1,6,1,4,1,1,1,3,1,1,1,6,1,4,1,1,1,3,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,1,6,1,2,1,20,1,7,1,17,1,3,1,3,1,4,1,1,1,9,1,15,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100 1101111 1101010 0111 1110101 101111 101110 11111 10 101011 101010 10101 1110101 1010 1110 1110 100 0011111 101010 101010 1110 10111 10 1010111 11101010 10111010 1110 0010 111 100 1010101 11101 1111101 101110100 10 111 100 101010101 101110010 101110111 10 1010 100 1010101110 1100 111110 111010 11101010 11101011 10 1111 1110 10111010 1110 100 10 10001 1010 10001 1 100 1101110 10 010110 100 101010 10 10101 01010 111 100 1110 1011110 101011 11101 10100 10101 10 101111 101 100 1010110 1110110 11111 0010 101 111101010 11 101011101 101010100 111010 1010 111 00110010 111010 101010100 00111010 111000101 1001001 111010 10101 10 10101 11110010 101110 00101110 1111101 11111110 11101 100 10101 10101101 100110 11101010 1110100 111010 110100 0010100 10101 10101 1010100 101 1101110 110101010 101111 0111 1100011 10 11101101 00111111 1001011101 100 1111 11010101 11 10 1101 0101 01110101 10111101 100 1111 10 10011111 110111010 011101010 1111 11100100 101101 11010101 11011101 11 100 10110101 110111010 1101011101 1001110001 01010101 1100010 1101 0101010101 01010101 1111011000 110010 1111 110101 1001011 1111010 10 11111 100 11011 1111 10 01010 100 100101 0111 10 010 100 1101 10 11110 100 11 11011111 0100101 11001 010111 010 0011001 0111 110101 110101 1111 1011 110 01010101 11010110 010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 70
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 64
  • Average number of words per stanza: 11
  • Amount of lines: 201
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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.

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  • summary of The Wanderer;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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