This is an analysis of the poem To A.J. Scott that begins with:

I walked all night: the darkness did not yield.
Around me fell a mist, a weary rain,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aba bbb bcb cac ada ded ece cfc fbf bbbXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111010011 0111010101 0101110101 0101110001 1001011101 1101011101 1111011100 0101000101 0101011101 1101010101 1011110001 1111110111 1101110101 1101011001 0101110101 0101010111 1001111101 0101000101 11010101101 1101110101 1111010011 1001011010 10110000101 1101010001 111101001001 11011001111 1111010111 1101110010 0111010101 1111010001 0111010001 111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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.

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  • summary of To A.J. Scott;
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