This is an analysis of the poem The Walking Man Of Rodin that begins with:

Legs hold a torso away from the earth.
And a regular high poem of legs is here....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XababXXXab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101001 101001100101 100111101011 10111001111111 11101010111110 111 101111 1111011 01111100100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of are repeated.

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  • summary of The Walking Man Of Rodin;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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