This is an analysis of the poem The Lost Path that begins with:
Alone they walked--their fingers knit together,
And swaying listlessly as might a swing... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gege fefX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01111101010 1101001101 01110100010 01110101001 01010101010 11011100101 10010001010 0101111001 01011101010 0101100111 11000100110 1111110101 010101010010 1100101101 11010011010 1100010111 111101011100 1101011011 11010101010 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 20
- 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.
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