This is an analysis of the poem Voyagers that begins with:

Where are they, that song and tale
Tell of? lands our childhood knew?... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababa cccXc deded XfXfX ababa ghghg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 1011111 1110011 1010101 10100101 1011101 1011101 1010111 1001100 10100101 110101 1010101 1110101 1001101 0010101 1011100 1110111 0010100 1011111 1110101 1011111 10010101 1010101 1010110 1010111 1110111 1010111 1010111 1000111 1110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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.

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