This is an analysis of the poem La Via Dolorosa that begins with:

I wander here, I wander there,
Through the desert of life, all wearily;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXccddeXaa XXbeebXfXfggeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 1010011100 111110101 11110100 10101 00101 101101 111001 1010100111 110111000 10100100111 110101111 11010111 101111010 01111100 111111111 1010100101 0111100100 1111110110 1100100111 10101101110 111110111 1011010011 111110101 11101011001 1110100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 464
  • Average number of words per stanza: 90
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • 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.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

  • summary of La Via Dolorosa;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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