This is an analysis of the poem As Broad As It's Long that begins with:

MODEST men must needs endure,
And the bold must humbly bow;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a baXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 1011101 11100101 1011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 40
  • Average number of words per stanza: 8
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of As Broad As It's Long;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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