This is an analysis of the poem Song Of The Open Road that begins with:
AFOOT and light-hearted, I take to the open road,
Healthy, free, the world before me,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abc dea fghX cijd fhh klalmXXldab njXccb ccXmcXccibokb affXla bfXb oipj kXclXgbq jcfbefb mhX fm bbi iijbb cXfb cr jdkf jcfdXflcmk clm djij cXb icc kmcbbdanmXcmcanccd mca goXffp oaXf bc caffdX hehfhak gcgk mqXm g emr pcah cX ici coqdfiiXeci Xbde
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,4,4,3,11,6,13,6,4,4,8,7,3,2,3,5,4,2,4,10,3,4,3,3,18,3,6,4,2,6,7,4,4,1,3,4,2,3,11,26,26,4,5,3,6,3,2,5,13,2,5,4,2,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111101100101 10101011 01110111001011 111110101111010 11110110111110 11101100101 0110010 1111010101010 1111101111 1110111101001 111101101010 1100111011000101011 110001001101100 1110011010001 1111001110110111111 01 10111010101 1001100010101001010 01001010100010 0100101101 0101010001001010 1010010100010 001101101001110100 101 010101010100100000 10011001 111101101101101010 111010111101 111110101 110110010110110 1 11111111010010010 111000100101011 1111100011000111101 11100101111010 110111101011011 11011 1101011011011 11011001101101 1101010110111 1110101110 1110010001011010 0111011101110100 10111010110001 00101011111101010 1001010111010011000 01 0101011111 0100110010011 010100100101101001 101 01010010101110000 1 1111101101111011111 1111010111111 1111101001111101100 0101 110111111101011111 1 1011101110111 1101011110 11010101010010111 11010 1111111111100 11011111101010 11 111101111011111010 101111 11010111010 001010 00101011110101010101 101111110101101 100010101001111 10100101010 1010101000010110011 111 1011101 01101111011011 11 111010111 1011111110 1110001 1101100111011110011 110101 100111111111 101011011110111 1010110110010 010011011101 0100111111011111 10010011000101101 11 10010100101001011 0101 111010001000110 00010010110111001 101100111 011100101001101 010001101011111 010011100010 1001010 10011001001 1010010110000101100 10000101010001001 11 01011011011001010 001000001001101000110 10001 101000100101101 01001 1110001001010 1111010111111100 10110101111010 101010 10011011010111101 01010100101110011 11000 10010010010100 1011110111111 10111010011011111 101000000110001000101 111100111001110 11101011011 10010001 0100011001110001 1001010 1101111100101 11 111111011111101 10111 111111110011111 11111101101110100 1010111 1111110110111111 11111 10011011100010 10110111101101 10110110010101111 111 1110010010110011 000101 010001010010100 11001010110111 10110111101 1100101010100 010101010000101100 11101 010010111011010011 001001101111 010001001 0101010101000101001 0111 001010111101100 01010100101011 100101111001 100011111010 011010 010110010100111001 101010011 0101011110111010 1101110111100111 11 1011111 11011111110010010 110011 11010011110111011 1101 11010010100101111010 001010101 1000101010 10110111 10111111101010 111011 10010100010100 101010010110100 10011001 0110011110100101 010101101001001110 101110 11000110111100 1110010111111011 111011010101010 101111101101010 1011011101010010010 1 111110111001001 10111101 101001001 11110011101101110 1101111001 1111110110 111001011111101 11011010011010110 1010010100111111 101001001 110100001001110011 01011 1100011011110100 10010010 11101010111111 011 1010010101001001 1111011101101011 101010 1011100101101010 0100111 1000110001010010 10001011101 1001001100100101 1000101010100011010 1001110010010101010 101100001101001 1011010100110100 1010010 1000110110110010 101 1001001001010000100 010100110100 1001001010110110 11000100101101 1001001111000110 11111 100011011010110 10001101110111101 11101010010100 101 1110100010111001 100110101011000 010111011011 0110010110101111 10 010100010010010 0110101111110110 00111110101111101 10 011111110101111 110110101111 01110111101110110 011010111010010101 101101000111100 110000 0101001011011100 101011000110101 01010110010 0101110010101111 0101011011000101 11 0100101101111010 0010011011 0111010101111110 011 010101011011101111 1001 0110 010111011101 010111101101110111 1010001 1101101101 1010110111001111 001001011101100101 1001001001010110 0101 00110010111001011 00101110110010101 100 01001010101 101010110110010 0101 1001110101101011 1111111111111111 111111010101101 100101111 11111011010011 11011010111 101001010 00100011111010 011111101 10101010100101 0101011000101111 10 010101010101 110111110010010 01010100010011011001 101101010010011 10010 0010110110010010 100100111010100011 101 1001100101011100 11110011 10010111001011010 10 101001010101000011 1001011110001 1011011 011111001000 10110010 110101011010 110111000100010011 0100100011101111 1001010101010 1100101011010010 110011111 11001110011010010100 010 100100111 00111101111101 100101 101001101010101101010 10101001110100101 101111010010 101010010101010011010101 11111111 11111110110 11111011011 01111001110011 111111011111
- Amount of stanzas: 56
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 314
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 332
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, carry, they, them, here, you, of, and, me, say, to, wisdom, not, it, what, by, with, however, come, many, journeyers, their, but, as, soul, all, go, know, no, in, under, let, give are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words henceforth, i, you, the, do, from, whoever, wisdom, here, where, why, what, we, journeyers, to, all, of, he, let are repeated.
The author used the same words you, o, i, now, here, allons at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines here, go, me, tires, you are repeated).
The poet repeated the same words me, you at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases here, you, wisdom connect the lines.
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- summary of Song Of The Open Road;
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