Analysis of A lonely Wanderer's Tale
A Lonely Wanderer's
Tale
One day I wondered
Next day I wandered
I wandered looking for
I looked over hill then over dale
Upon foot over land
Upon water under sail
I wandered yes I did
I wandered to and fro
A wanderer am I
Just'a wandering I did go
I wandered through thick jungles I roamed the tall grass lands
I wandered over sharp stones and across scorching desert Sands
I wandered up an over sheer mountains
My body torn by wind driven hail
I wandered to the heart of Africa
On a horse three shades of pale
I wandered the seven seas
And five oceans under sail
Shore foot to planks I lived
A lonely wandering sailor's tale
I sailed yes I did
I sailed ebb and flo
A sailor am I
Just'a sailing I did go
I sailed the four compass points
I navigated the world around
I sailed up rivers to meet the lakes
my keel never running aground
I sailed across stormy oceans
My body torn by wind driven gail
I sailed around the Arctic circle
On a boat christened
A Leaky Pail
As I wandered
I wondered
I searched the seven seas and five oceans under sail
I climbed over mountains and sifted under then over every hill an dale
I wandered the land over on a horse three shades of pale
Then I navigated the whole earth around in A Leaky Pail
As I searched upon foot and I looked under sail
Alas finding only the words to spin and rythme
A Lonely Wanderer's
Tale
Scheme | AB cc xbxb defe aa abxb abxb defe agag abxxb cc bbbb bx AB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101 1 11110 11110 110101 111011101 011101 0110101 110111 110101 010011 10100111 1101110110111 110101100110101 1101110110 110111101 1101011100 1011111 1100101 0110101 111111 010100101 11111 11101 01011 1010111 1101101 11000101 111101101 11101001 11011010 110111101 110101010 10110 0101 1110 110 1101010110101 11101001010110100111 11001101011111 111000110100101 111011011101 011010011101 0101 1 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,465 |
Words | 266 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 14 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 4, 4, 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 2, 4, 2, 3 |
Lines Amount | 46 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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