This is an analysis of the poem The Rover that begins with:
Oh, how good it is to be
Foot-loose and heart-free!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aAabXXcXdb adce aA X FFaXeXcfcXdddXaAFF
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,4,2,1,18,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100000 11111 1111111101011 101110111111 1010101101111 101110101101010 1010101101111 1010101101111 1001010110100001 1001010110010101 10111011010011 10111011010101 10101011010101 1010110111111 1100000 11111 1 1100001 11111 1010101100011 101011101011 001011100100 1001010111011 1010111111011 1110111110101 111011111011 1110101101011 011011110111 1010101010100 101111011111 1100000 11111 1100001 11111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, home, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word every is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Rover;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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