This is an analysis of the poem As I Wandered Home that begins with:

As I wandered home
By Hedworth Combe...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbddX cceffegge hhijjicci iikjjkllk iimggmjjX aaenneddi iiejjeooe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 1101 1101110 11101 10111 101001110 0111 001101 11111010 0111 10101 101011110 0111 10101 11010010 11101 11001 11101110 00111 1101 11001010 1111 00101 01001010 11001 0011 111001110 0111 100111 101001110 101001 1101 111001010 11111 00111 01001010 11011 11001 101001110 101101 10101 11101010 111001 11011 001001010 1011 101001 111110110 10101 11001 001001110 10111 10111 11001010 11011 01101 110011010 111101 101111 1010110010 111101 101001 1011010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.

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