This is an analysis of the poem A Walk that begins with:

February on the narrow beach, 3o
A.M. I set out south. Cape Cod Light ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXXcdX XeeXfcXg gaXhfccb aXiheXXg jdaiihij
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1010101011 11111111 1010010111 01011100 01010011 0100101 00111 010111 110100110 1100101 00101011 101101110 0111111 0111101 0011110 111111 0110010011 011111 110111011 100101110 10111101 010101 01110101 100101101 01010101 11111111 01101001 11010001 11100100 101001 1011111 111101 01011001 11101111 0101101 111110 0100111 10101100 1101101 100101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, i are repeated.

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

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  • summary of A Walk;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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