This is an analysis of the poem The Path that begins with:
Is this the path that knew your tread,
Once, when the skies were just as blue... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababa cdcdX efefe Xbabab
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00011111 11010111 11111101 11011111 11000111 01010111 10010101 110100101 111010101 0101010111 01111101 01010111 1111111 01010111 11011101 01111101 01111101 01111101 01110111 111101101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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- summary of The Path;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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