This is an analysis of the poem The Way that begins with:
At first a mere thread of a footpath half blotted out by the grasses
Sweeping triumphant across it, it wound between hedges of roses ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabc adadbbX XacbdebbbaXXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,7,13,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011001111011010 10010010010110010 11001011111011010 110110011011010010 0100110101010010010 111011010111010111 111011010010010010 101001011010110010 11011010100111010010 011011010110011010 11001101011001001000 1001011001101001 11001011001010011010 0110110010010110010 11101001001011010 11110111010010010 110110010110110011 011110011011011110 11001001110010010 1110010010010110010 111101011010111110 01001010001010011 110010011111010010 01001011110010011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 582
- Average number of words per stanza: 104
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 72 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, him, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Way;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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