This is an analysis of the poem The Trail Of No Return that begins with:

So now I take a bitter road
Whereon no bourne I see,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcdC ababccdC XcXcXcdC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 101111 11001101 111101 11111111 1000111 11011101 010101 11010111 011111 11110001 110101 11011111 111110 01011111 010101 11010101 010111 11000101 110101 01011111 110101 11110111 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 411
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; i, to are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word return at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Trail Of No Return;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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