This is an analysis of the poem The Counsellors that begins with:

AS I went a-walking
Through the Morning Land,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcBXdeddfbfFXdaXadgdgXfhfXgbiiifacaebhbgaabXBfdddafXXFd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 56,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010 10101 1110 111101 101010 10101 11011 1101 11010 1101 101110 1101 101110001 10111101010010 101010 10101 11010 1101 11011 1001 11011 1101 11011 1011 11011 1001 101110101 00111010111 111110 10111 11010 110001 100110 10001 101010 10101 1010010 11101 111011 10101 101110101 1011110111 111010 10111 1110 111101 101011 1001 10010 10101 101010 11101 111110 11111 101110001 1011110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1451
  • Average number of words per stanza: 274
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; dew, on, and, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words bells, sparkled, dew, coin, where's are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Counsellors;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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