This is an analysis of the poem I Know, You Walk-- that begins with:

I walk so often, late, along the streets,
Lower my gaze, and hurry, full of dread,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXcbdaeade d Xd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,1,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1111010101 1011110101 1001001111 1111011111 0111 1101110011 11110111001 0011100101 11110101000 1110111101 0110110101 1111111111 010111 01011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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, walk are repeated.

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