This is an analysis of the poem A Return To A Natural Gait that begins with:

I stopped the biting of my lips,
When my cheeks began to get sore......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXbX ccaXbXX dXedeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010011 11101011 001000 010010 0010111 1010101 1001001 1111 01010010101010 11101011 101111010011 11 11001101001 10111111 01000111 01000111 001001000101 1111001010110 1 001001001001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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  • summary of A Return To A Natural Gait;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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