![]() Thereafter, in the line, “That neither noontime nor star-shine”, one can find a consonance. Thereafter, the poet uses alliteration in “black bull-hides.” There is a personal metaphor in the phrase, the “dancing brine”. In “A gallant armament”, there is a metaphor for the galley or ship. Here, the poet personifies the “cleaving prows”. Likewise, the poem begins with a personification. However, the overall poem is mostly composed of the iambic meter.īrowning presents a variety of literary devices in this poem. Some lines rhyme alternatively whereas the consecutive lines of the poem rhyme together. There isn’t any set rhyme scheme in this poem. Hence, in this stanza, the poet describes their departure from the newly discovered land. And, the final stanza again returns to their basic mindset of wanderlust. The second stanza deals with their happiness after discovering an island. The first stanza describes the nature of the wanderers and their journey. The poet makes this division according to the subject matter of the poem. The second stanza consists of 13 lines and the final stanza has 23 lines. The first stanza is long enough and it has 37 lines. Each stanza doesn’t have a specific line count. ‘The Wanderers’ consists of three stanzas. ![]() At the same time, their heart knew they had to move forward leaving what remained behind for them waiting to live in one place for a lifetime. Seeing the land after a long time made them happy. One day they came across a dim-specked land betwixt the sea and the sky. Then they sleep peacefully like the islanders or men inhabiting the land. While at night they use the strength of the wind to sail through. A folded and purple awning covers the upper part of the tent. ![]() The ships are “rude and bare to the outward view.” Inside each of the ships, there is a stately tent guarded with cedar pales. ‘The Wanderers’ by Robert Browning describes a group of seafarers and their journey to a desolate island.Īt first, Browning presents the galleys or ships on which the group of wanderers is voyaging to discover new land. ![]()
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