This is an analysis of the poem Closed Path that begins with:
I thought that my voyage had come to its end
at the last limit of my power,---that the path before me was closed, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaX XXbbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111011001 10110011010101111 10100010 1011011000100100 11111011101 111111101 110011001 1101111 1100010010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 9
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that is repeated.
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- summary of Closed Path;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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