This is an analysis of the poem The Song Of Wandering Aengus that begins with:

I WENT out to the hazel wood,
Because a fire was in my head,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcdcededXefebgfgXfff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100101 010101011 11110101 11010001 11110101 111101001 11010001 11010101 11110101 110101001 11010101 11111111 010101001 01010001 11111111 110101001 11110100 11011101 10111111 11011101 11011101 11111111 01010001 01010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 821
  • Average number of words per stanza: 165
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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 is repeated.

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

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