This is an analysis of the poem XXX. 'Who follows Love shall walk in outland places' that begins with:

Who follows Love shall walk in outland places,
Beyond the common cheer of hall and town,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbbbb Xcbcdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11011101110 0101010111 11011101010 0111010101 0101010101 01010001010 1011011101 01010101010 11110011100 1110011101 11111101010 0101011111 1100010101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 306
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; nor is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

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  • summary of XXX. 'Who follows Love shall walk in outland places';
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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