This is an analysis of the poem The Lost Path that begins with:

The garden's full of scented wallflowers,
And, save that these stir faintly, nothing stirs; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabbccddcc eeddffaag gaXhhbbffgg aXeebb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,9,11,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0101010100 1111110101 1001010101 1111111001 11010010111 0101010101 1101010111 10101111111 0100011001 1111110001 1101010101 1101010101 0111110101 01111010101 1011101111 1011010101 1111110011 1011010111 0111011001 1101010101 0101110101 1101010010 0111010101 1111100101 00101010101 1011010001 01100010111 1111011101 1101010011 0101111101 10110010101 0101010100 1111010101 01010100101 101100101111 0111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 405
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, room 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 Lost Path;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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