This is an analysis of the poem Wayfarer Of Earth that begins with:

Up, heart of mine,
Thou wayfarer of Earth!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccdddccc bcXcbede fdfXdghXhggaag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,8,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 110001 0101 010011 1011 110101 0111 1111 01111011001 1111 0111 01101101001 1101 010111 011100 10011 1001 111110 110101 1110011 1111 0110010 100111 11 11110 1011 01001 0101 0101 1101 010111 0101 0111 010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.

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