This is an analysis of the poem Reply to the advice of the pompous **** that begins with:
Your way is your way and my way is mine.
Mine is the foolish way, and your way is fine....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcdcdXeXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101111101 10010111101 11011111110 1110110110 101010010 1110111101 1101010110 1111101101 11011011011 1101000111 11011111111 11101111011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 526
- Average number of words per stanza: 101
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; way, your, and, i'll, highway are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you'll is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase mine connects the lines.
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