This is an analysis of the poem As I Was Walking that begins with:

As I was walking,
Thyme sweet to my nose,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdXdXeXeadeddfcfXgXgXhXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 28,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110 11011 111010 11001 11110 1001 10101 1011 101011 001111 001010 101001 11110 0111 01011 1111 1101 1001 001010 00111 11011 10111 101001 110001 1111 111001 01110 01001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 615
  • Average number of words per stanza: 114
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; stamp is repeated.

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