This is an analysis of the poem Do Not Entrust that begins with:

Do not entrust all roads yours
To the unfaithful, immense crowd:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXccac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101111 00010011 101110011 11101101 11001011 110001010 01011111 110100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Do Not Entrust;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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