This is an analysis of the poem Travel that begins with:

I should like to rise and go
Where the golden apples grow;-- ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddddeeffggXecchhffeeeeiXffccccddiiggffff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 46,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111 1010101 1010101 1010101 11110111 1010101 1011101 10101001 1011101 0110101 10110111 1110001 10111101 11110101 10011111 1010101 11101110 11101101 1011101 1010101 1010101 111001 1010101 1010101 1010111 10100101 1011101 1010101 1010101 1000100 1010101 1010101 1010111 1011101 1010111 1010111 1110101 01011101 1111001 0010101 1010001 0110101 1010101 1011100 10010101 0010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1424
  • Average number of words per stanza: 256
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, and, not are repeated.

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  • summary of Travel;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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