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

Say you have some great objective.
Very well. Be calm, reflective;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXXbcc ddeffegg ggbdXbhh iicjjchh jjbjjbkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010 10101010 1110101010 11101010 10101000 10100010101 11010101010111 10101101100111 10101010 00101010 10111110101 01111010 11100010 10101111101 10110111010001 11000101011100 10111010 01101010 00011010111 11101010 11001100 10111010001 11111101010101 10111010010001 11101011 11101011 11111001111 10101010 10101010 10101001111 011010111011101 101010101110101 11111010 11111010 00111011101 00101110 11011010 11101110101 01010101011101 11000111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 338
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, that, you are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, what are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines you is repeated).

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