This is an analysis of the poem Walk Knowing That You Believe that begins with:

Walk knowing that you believe...
Obstacles to you showed, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXaXaXACCaadbDDAEdbDDAEaCC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101101 100011 101001 11101101 10001 010001 1001011101 1101101 111011 11011 110101 1000101001001 11 0001 11111010 11001010 1101101 1111111110001 11 11001 11111010 11001010 1101101 1111111110001 11100001 111011 11011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 821
  • Average number of words per stanza: 152
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; you is repeated.

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  • summary of Walk Knowing That You Believe;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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