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  • Rhyme scheme: aAbcdeXaXXFGHI FGHIaAibcXdeXi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010 0010010 1100101110 11000010 011010100 101010100111 11001010100 1100101 100101 001101 11010010 101001 011001 10101001 11010010 101001 011001 10101001 101010 0010010 0010010 0101110 01000010 10 101001010100 10101011000111 000111101 010010111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 423
  • Average number of words per stanza: 76
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it is repeated).

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

  • summary of One Who Explores To Adventure;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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