This is an analysis of the poem Walkers With The Dawn that begins with:

Being walkers with the dawn and morning,
Walkers with the sun and morning,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010001110 10001110 1110101 1101 110 1010001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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