This is an analysis of the poem The Road that begins with:

The road is thronged with women; soldiers pass
And halt, but never see them; yet they’re here— ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdee fgfgdcdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101010101 1111010111 0101010101 1011010101 0111010111 11111110101 0101011111 1111010011 1111010001 11110010101 1001111101 11001111101 1111011111 1101010111 1011010111 0101010111 11011011111 0111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 429
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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; with, and, your, her are repeated.

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

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

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

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