This is an analysis of the poem Thou Walkest With Me that begins with:

Thou walkest with me as the spirit-light
Of the hushed moon, high o'er a snowy hill, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababab cdcdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1100110101 00111100101 100100100101 11110011101 10111110001 110011 01010101001 01110101111 1101111101 110111001001 1101011101 011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Thou Walkest With Me;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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