This is an analysis of the poem Song Of The Foot Track that begins with:

COME away, come away from the straightness of the road;
I will lead you into delicate recesses ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaX cdcd ebeb aXaX bfbf egeg egeg haha
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010010001 101100100100 1101011010001 001010101000 101110101010111 101010101110 101010101011100 101110101110 1010011011111 101010101010 11101010010101 001011100010 1010011101010001 101010101010 100111111010101 101010101010 1010011110111 111000101010 101110101011001 10101001110 1110101010101001 101011101011 10100110010001 101000111111 10111011010101 101010111111 00100011110101 101001101111 001010111110011 111111101010 111111101110101 111100111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 231
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Song Of The Foot Track;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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