This is an analysis of The Wanderers by Robert Browning.
OVER the sea our galleys went,
With cleaving prows in order brave…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbacdeeffcdadgdgghahijicicijidaadaaa kcXXhccchklll gmggmgeeeehnhnhaaaaXhah
- Stanza lengths: 37,13,23,
- Metre: 10011101 01010101 0010110101 110100 111100101 110111101 111100101 011010111 100111001 01010101 11011101 11100101 11100101 11010101 110100101 111010101 011100101 11010111 11111101 11010100 10111111 11011101 11011111 11011101 110101011 111110101 111100111 111110111 10011111 10100001 11011101 001010101 11111111 101101101 1011110101 1111100101 11111101 11110101 110001111 10111101 110101010 101011101 1100111001 11110111 111010101 1010101001 10111111001 110100101 111000101 01110100 01010101 11110111 01011101 111001001 11010101 01011111 11111101 11010101 01010101 010100 11111111 110101010 11011101 110111110 11010111 111010101 01111111 11011100 11011101 111110 111101101 11011111 011111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 73
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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