This is an analysis of the poem Safer To Walk Into A Forest that begins with:

Everything in nature sheds.
Even the skin of human beings....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbXcdcXddcccbXbXXccd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 100101010 01111110011 111101 111 110110111 01011101101 1101100010 10111011010 100010100001 11001110101 11111 1000111001 010100100010 001 101000110 101011 101101 101 1111101 1010 01110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 686
  • Average number of words per stanza: 127
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, to are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Safer To Walk Into A Forest;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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