This is an analysis of the poem On The Edge Of The Wilderness that begins with:
Puellae.
Whence comest thou, and whither goest thou?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aaa B X cXc B X ddd B X eee B X ccc B X ddd B X ffd B X ccc B X ggg B X ggg B X ccc B X eee B X hhh B X eee B X fdd B X hhh B X eee B X bbb B X ccc b X iiiXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,1,1,3,1,1,3,1,1,3,1,1,3,1,1,3,1,1,3,1,1,3,1,1,3,1,1,3,1,1,3,1,1,3,1,1,3,1,1,3,1,1,3,1,1,3,1,1,3,1,1,3,1,1,3,1,1,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1 110111011 0101100111 1101010101 0101111101 10 1111010101 0111111100 1111011101 1101111101 1 1111010101 10011011101 1101011011 0101111101 10 1101011101 1001111101 1011111111 1101111101 1 1111011001 0101010111 1011011100 0101111101 10 0111100100 1111010101 0101010111 1101111101 1 0101100101 1111011101 1101110101 0101111101 10 1011110101 1111011101 0110110101 1101111101 1 1101111101 0111111101 0101110101 0101111101 10 1111111101 11010011111 1101011101 1101111101 1 1101101100 1011111111 1111110101 0101111101 10 1101110011 1101011111 1111011111 1101111101 1 1111011101 1110100101 1101011101 0101111101 10 1111010101 1011011101 0111011111 1101111101 1 1111111101 1101011111 1111111101 0101111101 10 1111010101 1101111101 0101100001 1101111101 1 1111010001 1001111111 1101011111 0101111101 10 0111011101 1101011111 1111110111 1101111101 1 1111110011 1101110101 1101110001 0101010101 10 1001010111 1111111101 1101111111 1101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 60
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 59
- Average number of words per stanza: 12
- Amount of lines: 100
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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 author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thou, i, can are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, and, i are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase nigh connects the lines.
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