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

Between the death of day and birth of night,
By War's red light,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaccXXcddbbdeeccXccffcddbbdbbbbXaXaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101011101 1111 1101010101 1101 0101110111 0111010111 0101 11011001100 1101 1101000101 1001110101 0101 1101010101 1011 0101011111 1101010101 1101 10011111001 0111 1111010100 1111111111 1101 0101010001 1101 1011010101 1101111101 1101 0101111111 1111 1111101011 1001111111 1100 1111111101 1101 1101111100 1101010111 0100 1101001001 1101 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1336
  • Average number of words per stanza: 241
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

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

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

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  • summary of The Wanderer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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