This is an analysis of the poem The Future that begins with:
A wanderer is man from his birth.
He was born in a ship... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXabca deefgacfdbed faacgfef habXccf ihcicXh gaihcjcba adheafhb gakdeafgccd cg akeaahd Xeajcabgab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,12,8,7,7,9,8,11,2,7,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 010001001 111001 101001001 1001011 11101001 1001101001 1111011010 1011 10101001 100010010 1001001 00111101 101111 10100101 1001101 1001001001 1001101 1001001 1011111 1011 001101001 11111101 111101101 1001111 1101001 1101011010 111011101 111101001 101001111 001110101 11111 01111101 01001001 11 11001011 11001111 11101101 11001 111100001 01011011 11 101001011 01001001 001011 1101101 111001101 101001001 11101 01001011 01101001 11101001 1001001001 1011011 00101001 1110111 101101111 1011101111 11110111 11001001001 11001001 001010001 101001101 1001101 1001101 1001101 11001101 110101 1001001001 111011111 11111101 1001001 101101101 111001 10101001 10100101 00101001 10101001 101001001 00101111 10001011001 101001011 1001001101 101110011 10111001 101111011 1101 1011001001
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
- Average number of words per stanza: 52
- Amount of lines: 87
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; he, his, who, as, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word as is repeated.
The author used the same word what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Future;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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