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

Night, and a bitter sky, and strange birds crying,
The wan trees whisper and the winds make moan, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababb ccccc dedee dfdff cgcgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11010111110 0111010111 110100111110 0111011111 0101110101 11100111010 01001110111 100100101110 1101011111 1111110101 11010111010 1101010111 110111010010 1111000100 1101110101 11010111010 1111010111 11110100010 0111010001 11010000101 11110101110 11110011001 110111001110 0101010111 010010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1360
  • Average number of words per stanza: 214
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; and, no are repeated.

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

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