This is an analysis of the poem On The Road that begins with:
I 's boun' to see my gal to-night--
Oh, lone de way, my dearie!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXXXXX bXXXcccX bXbXXXXX XXXXdddX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111011101 110111 01110111 110111 11110101 11111011 11111111 110111 01010111 110111 11110100 110111 01111111 111011101 11110101 110111 11010001 110111 11111111 110111 11001111 11011110 01011101 110111 11011101 110111 110111110 110111 01010101 11111101 111111111 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; de, my are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word dearie at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of On The Road;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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