This is an analysis of the poem The Rovers that begins with:

Over the fields we go, through the sweets of the purple clover,
That letters a message for us as for every vagrant rover;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbXX aabb ccbb aadd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111101001010 11001011111001010 0110110110101110 10011010101110 100100111010110 1001011110110 100100110010110 1011011001010 0101101101011110 100101001011110 011110110111010 1011001101011110 01010111010010 111111110101010 01010011101001110 1011110011010 100111101001010 0100101011111010 10011101001011 1001010010010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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

  • summary of The Rovers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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