This is an analysis of the poem I Walk'D The Other Day that begins with:

1 I walk'd the other day, to spend my hour,
2 Into a field,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXXbb bccbbXX deeddff bggbbhh abbaagX ceeccaX iaaiigg ddddXXc fjjffff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010101110 10001 11101110101 10101 11101110101 111001 1111101 11111110111 111101 110111101001 10101 11111111101 11101 1111101 11101111101 111001 11111111011 11111 11101010101 11111 1110101 11001010011 10111 11111011111 10101 11101011001 11111 1111111 101110111001 11101 101110111001 10101 111010100101 11111 11101100 111110111001 10011 11101011101 11111 10100011101 11011 1110101 11111001101 11101 11101010101 10101 11111010111 11111 1111101 110110111111 11101 11111101011 11101 11101111000 11111 1110111 11001111101 11101 11111011101 10111 11101110101 11111 1110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 275
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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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