This is an analysis of the poem That Road Has Been Traveled that begins with:
That road has been traveled.
Long before your carefully placed steps....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abac AXd Xcefegbgf XfXdeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,9,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111010 101110011 10100101 1100111 111010 1101101010 11101001 001 11101 0101101 110110100 1111001 0111111 111011111 111 1110100100 111100111 1110100 11101 111 11 01
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word that at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of That Road Has Been Traveled;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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