This is an analysis of the poem The Monk's Walk that begins with:
In this sombre garden close
What has come and passed, who knows?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcc ddee bbff gggg ggXc hhXi gggg ccjj iikk iigg llba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001101 1111111 1110111 1001101 1010101 1010111 1011111 1011101 1011111 1010101 1010111 1001101 1110111 1110111 1011101 1011101 1010101 1010101 10111010 10101100 1110011 1110101 01111010 1110101 1011111 1101101 00111001 1000101 1111101 1110100 11101010 11101010 1010101 1010111 1011101 0111101 0010101 1110101 1110111 1011101 1110011 10000101 1011111 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; what, no, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Monk's Walk;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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