This is an analysis of the poem Forever At His Side To Walk that begins with:

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Forever at His side to walk—... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,4,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 010101010 010001 10010 10010 110001000 0100010100 0101010 010011101 1101010 1100011100 1111010 111100100 1100 1101010 1101001010 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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