This is an analysis of the poem The Soldier's Wife that begins with:

Weary way-wanderer languid and sick at heart
Travelling painfully over the rugged road,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xab aXX cXb dcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101100101111 100100100101 1100100111101 101101111110 100101111101 11101100100 110101101100 1101101100101 100101101101 1100100100101 101101101100 1111001111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; thy is repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Soldier's Wife;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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