This is an analysis of the poem Living By that begins with:
Walking, snow falling, it is possible
to focus at various distances... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcad aXXcXdb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1011000100 0101100100 01110111001 00101100101 01011101000 0101011110 10110001000 01001000101 0110100010 1001110101 11011010100 1101100010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Living By;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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