This is an analysis of the poem I Stepped From Plank To Plank that begins with:
I stepped from plank to plank
So slow and cautiously;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaX aXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 111100 01011111 011101 111101 101101 011101001 110100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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