Analysis of The Wanderer



He must have been on
The road since dawn
Tramping across the moor;
"God bless you",  he said,
On that cold grey morn'
As we met at my kitchen
Door.

On his weathered face there
Grew a beard almost touching
His naked breast,
Standing near six feet-
 A supple type-
I assumed he was from the west.

His hair was black, a raven black,
All tossed by the morning breeze,
Did he sleep for long or did he
Sleep at all I thought as he ate
Some porridge.

Then after, perhaps, his best meal
In days he thanked me by using
God's name and off he went as I
Fed the hens- had he thoughts
Of riches or fame ?


Scheme XXXXXXX XABXXB XXXXX XAXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 11111 0111 100101 11111 11111 1111110 1 111011 101110 1101 10111 0101 10111101 11110101 1110101 11111111 11111111 110 11001111 01111110 11011111 101111 11011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 569
Words 119
Sentences 4
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 7, 6, 5, 5
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 113
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Submitted on February 21, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Liam Ó Comáin

An Irish poet now living in Derry City but originally from Limavady in County Derry in the north of the Island. more…

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