This is an analysis of the poem Walking West that begins with:

Anyone with quiet pace who
walks a gray road in the West ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabX cdXd daba Xece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10001011 1011001 110101011 01101010 11111010 01010111 10011011 1111101 010111010 010011111 10111011 1010111 0111101010 1101010101 10101110 0100101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 139
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

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

  • summary of Walking West;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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