This is an analysis of the poem I Will Slog Over This Road that begins with:
I will slog over this endless road to its end.
Until my heart stops, I will slog over this endless, endless road...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbXXXaXXXX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,1,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 101100101001 0111110110010101 010011011110110101 100111001110101 01111010010101101000 10101010110100110 11111111011001010 100110111111100101 111011101010101001 1110010110010111 11111 11101100101001111 0101101011001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 404
- Average number of words per stanza: 81
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, endless, to are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines palms is repeated).
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