This is an analysis of the poem None Is Travelling that begins with:

None is travelling
Here along this way but I,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba cdc efX abd Xgf bXb edf bXbXgfa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100 1010111 01010 011001 11110100 010101 111 0110 1 100 101 1010 110101 11010101 010101 001001 1111101 11011 1001 110101 110101 11111 100111 00101 10111 0101001 00110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 68
  • Average number of words per stanza: 13
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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