This is an analysis of the poem Out For A Walk that begins with:

The margins of the forest are beautiful,
as if painted onto the green slopes....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabcdcebXedfXdbXXbfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01000101100 101010011 1101111 011101 01110111 111001 11101101 1110100010 101001011 101010101 101001100 011110010 101010111 010101001 010010011111 011011 11110 101011010 1101000001 110110 01001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 756
  • Average number of words per stanza: 130
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Out For A Walk;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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