The Roads Also by Wilfred Owen: poem analysis

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

The roads also have their wistful rest,
When the weathercocks perch still and roost,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXX ccbdd cccXc ccXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011011101 101001111 101011101 101110011 0110111 011010011 111110101 111101101 101010111 1110011 1010100101110 1011101010 1100100010 001011111 1011011 111111001 101111101 101011111 11010101 0011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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