This is an analysis of the poem Walking Across Blazing Hot Coals that begins with:

Walking across blazing hot coals,
Has to be easier to do......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDED faX cXXfXXABCDEDf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,3,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10011011 10010001 1010101001 01101 01000110101 110100101 101001010 1001000100111010 00100101101100 100110100010001 110111101 10010100110110 001011100101 111110001100111 10011011 10010001 1010101001 01101 01000110101 110100101 110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 205
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Walking Across Blazing Hot Coals;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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