This is an analysis of the poem The Explorer that begins with:
Dearest, when I left your side,
I stood a moment, hesitating,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abacbcdXccdXefghifhi X jiaaaijffeahdidgegie X cciikk
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,1,20,1,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1011111 110101010 110101 010111111 11010101 1101 01001101 11001101 01011 110111 1001010101 01010 01100010101 11011011 011101010 101100001001 010101 11001010111 110001 1111 1 101101 1001110111 1111 010111 110011101 1101001111 0101001 0101011101 110111 01001 1111011 1111 1101111 01011 001101111 0010010010 01010 0101010010 111111011 101001 1 111101101101001 11001001001001 101001001001011 01111001011001 01101101101101 01111011101001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, the are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Explorer;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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