This is an analysis of the poem Start Where You Stand that begins with:
Start where you stand and never mind the past,
The past won't help you in beginning new,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcD eeaefdfD dXdXdddD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111110101 0111100101 0111010111 1101110011 0001010001 0001011111 1101010101 1111 0111011101 0111011101 0100111101 1101011111 0101011101 1001110111 0100111111 1111 1100111101 0101010100 1001110101 1101010100 1101010101 1101110111 1101011101 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 327
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- 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; you, and, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word this is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word stand at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Start Where You Stand;
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- idea of the verse;
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