This is an analysis of the poem Traveling Light that begins with:
I am only leaving you
for a handful of days...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcadeXdbcaXbbXaeaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101 101101 10111 1001010 010110 011010100 01111 10101 11110100 01001 11110110 111010 0101 110101 10101 110101 0011 0111 1111 011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 440
- Average number of words per stanza: 85
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Traveling Light;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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