This is an analysis of the poem The World's Wanderers that begins with:

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Tell me, thou Star, whose wings of light... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbc Xaaac XXbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1 11111101 11011001 0110001 011011 1 1111111 10010101 0110111 101011 1 1011100 1010101 1111101 101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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