This is an analysis of the poem The Wanderer that begins with:
ON unknown paths I falter forth,
A homeless wand'rer in the world;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab bcbc dcdc efeX fbfbXdddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10111101 01010001 10110101 10110101 11010101 11010101 10010101 11110101 01010101 11010101 10111111 11011101 01010101 10110101 01011111 01010101 01110101 01010001 10010101 010001001 1110101 01011111 01010111 11111001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, which are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, the are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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