This is an analysis of the poem Come, Let Us Go For A Walk, O Mind that begins with:

Come, let us go for a walk, O mind,
to Kali, the Wish-fulfilling Tree,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdbe adfbcX dghdXh cdXbbgefiXi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111110111 010010101 110101001101 01111001100 10110010111001 1101010100101 10110111 00010100 010011000110101 10111101 01110100100101 0101010101010 101100110 10010011 110101011001 10010010010 100101010101110 1000010100110 00100100111 1001010 1010110 100101 1100011111 11010001 1100101 11101101 111110 010001010100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 230
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; you, to, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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  • history of its creation;
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