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

Hail to thee, mountain beloved, with thy glittering purple-dyed summit!
Hail to thee also, fair sun, looking so lovingly on!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdbdecXdeddbfagXhaieeccaedi jcXklmcicbdeacfh dbXkiclcnoae agipXgdenqbbniibXihc cicacqcbcccehacbjcqXiiiijiicfqXe dncmdgaqcbqeXbccXn dcaeiaarjefhci ninpaefhhifakeigcirdlXjhbhcinb iiailiccqcdcnnnkicfcdoXecmfq
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,16,12,20,32,18,14,30,28,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101100100110010110 10110111011001 111111011110010 11010111011011 1110010010010010 1010111001011 1011110110010010 10110011011001 1101011010010110 101000011001101 11001011010010110 1011010011101 100101101010110 1001011001101 1101001011010010 100101110010110 1001001111010010 10010011001011 10010011011010010 1110011001001 101010110010110 1101011101011 00100101110011 1010111111111 1011101101010010 10011011001101 1001001011010010 10011011001001 100101001110010 10010111011001 11010010110110110 10010111011101 10010111010110010 100110110001101 101010011010010 10010011001101 1001111001110010 1010111001001 1110100110010010 11010010001001 10010010010010010 10010111001001 10101001010110 11010011101001 101001011111010 10011011001101 10011010010011110 1010111001001 101001010011010 10010011011001 111001010010010 11010011001101 100101110011010 11010011001101 10100111010010 11110011001001 1011011101010010 11110110101001 11100101010110 10011011011001 10101111110010 11011011011001 101101001010010 10010011011001 11100111111010 1010111101001 1001001010110011 10010011001011 0001001010010110 11010011101001 101001010011011 10110011010101 1010010010010110 11011111101111 10011110111010010 11110111110010 111101111111011 11010101111101 10010010110010 00110011011001 101001101110110 10010011001011 1001101001010110 10010011101011 1010100100100010 11011011101000 101101101010010 101111110001011 111101101110110 01100011011001 101101010010110 101001101011 10111011101010 10110111011101 101100111011110 11011011111001 1000111010010010 111111111011010 1010111110101111 10010111001001 0001001010010010 10010011001011 10010110101110 10010011001001 1101001001010010 00010011001001 1001010001010010 10011011101001 1001001011011010 1010011001001 100101011010110 10010011000101 1010010010011010 11011011001001 11110110011010110 1010011001001 100101001011010 11011011111001 11010001101001010 1011001110001 1010010111010010 10010011001101 0010010110101100 1101001011001001 11010011101010 10101011101001 11010011011010010 1010011001001 100101001010010 100101110101011 101010010110010 10011011011001 10010101010010 11011010010001 1011011110011010 10010011001001 100100101010010 10110011001001 1111010010111110 10010011011011 100101110011010 10011011001101 1001001011110011 10011011101001 0001001101110011 11010011110001 100111011100100 11010011001101 110101001111110 10110010101101 00011101100110 10010011001001 101100101110010 10110011001001 000101010110111 10010011011111 11101011011010 111010011011011 101010010010010 1010111111001 1011010110010010 1010011101001 0010110011010010 10010011001001 0110100101110110 1010111101001 10101100101010 0010011001001 1001001110010010 1010110011001 11101111010110 00110011101001 111101011100010 10111011101101 1101101010110101 10010111001101 100101111111010 10110011101001 110100101010010 10010011001001 1011110010011010 10011011001001 111011010010110 10110011011011 110110101111110 10111011111001 1011010110011010 10011011001011 1011101010110010 10010111111101 1000010011011010 00110011001101 10010101010010 1010011101011 1001101011011100 11010011101101 10111110010010010 10011011001101 101101010010010 11010111111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1387
  • Average number of words per stanza: 233
  • Amount of lines: 200
  • Average number of symbols per line: 62 (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; hail, thee, of, me, i, they, one, their, and, your, that, from, behind, with, in, same are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words hail, round, beats, all, purer are repeated.

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

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