This is an analysis of the poem At The Turn Of The Road that begins with:
THE glory has passed from the goldenrod's plume,
The purple-hued asters still linger in bloom... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd cccc ccbb XXbb bbee ffggXccbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01011001001 01011011001 01011001011 01011001101 11001001001 11011001001 11101001011 111001111101 011001101001 001011001101 1010010100101 01111011011 111001001011 11011011101 111011101101 101101101001 110111010100 11011111101 11101011001 101011011001 011101111101 011011101011 00111101111 11001011011 11101011011 11011011011 111001011001 111001001001 11011100111 11111101111 01111001111 111101101001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, her, why are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, for, will, i, why are repeated.
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- summary of At The Turn Of The Road;
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