This is an analysis of the poem Where All Paths Meet (One Map To Follow) that begins with:

Take away these mind crunching days.
To snatch and stitch to another, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCdc deccX fXgfXXh gacdgdf ABCdXgeafgfhehg Xhf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,7,7,15,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111101 01110010 110 100 110011001 11101 011100001 01111110 101010 10010001 01100110 11010101001 0110110101 01000110 110000101 10111010 110011100 1101110001 110101110 111011 10010000100100 0011101 111100111101 0111111001 10111101 01110010 110 100 01101011 111010101 101001 111011001 000100111 11111 001110010010 11001011000 0100011101001 0100 11101100101 1011001 101010100 10101011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word take at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines them is repeated).

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  • summary of Where All Paths Meet (One Map To Follow);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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