This is an analysis of the poem Come My Wayfarer Friend that begins with:

Come my wayfarer friend,
Come stepping over the petal-strewn path....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXc dedc acXc eXeXd abXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,5,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001 1101001011 11101010100 1011010 101011001001 0101100100010 101010101 11010101010 111011111 1111 1110111 10001011 011010111011 11011110 1010111 10101011 110111 1111001 101001011 01000101010110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words come, i've are repeated.

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

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