This is an analysis of the poem To-Morrow that begins with:

She walks in a lonely garden
On the path her feet have made,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbcdXdccecaeceAfXFghih jXfXgeeXjbib AfXF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,12,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001010 1010111 0111110 11001001 01111010 1100101 11101010 1110101 11010110 1010111 01101011 1100110 101001010 1100101 11011110 0110101 01011010 1100101 11101010 1100111 11010110 1111101 11010010 1101100 10111110 1101110 1101010 0101111 11001010 0111110 11101010 1100101 01111110 0100101 11011010 0011011 01011010 1100101 11101010 1100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 427
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word she is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of To-Morrow;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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