This is an analysis of the poem A New Pilgrimage: Sonnet Vi that begins with:
Away from sorrow! Yes, indeed, away!
Who said that care behind the horseman sits?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababbXXacdcddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 0101010101 1111010101 0101010101 101101011 1111011011 0101010101 0101010111 1001110111 0101110101 1111110101 1101111101 1011011111 01010111001 1001010011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 604
- Average number of words per stanza: 113
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word his is repeated.
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- history of its creation;
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