This is an analysis of the poem STEP lightly on this narrow spot that begins with:
STEP lightly on this narrow spot!
The broadest land that grows ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab Xcac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 010111 01110101 1100101 11010101 111101 11011110 010100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 9
- 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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