This is an analysis of the poem Breaking Away From That Which Limits that begins with:

Every new beginning,
Proves to advantage with benefits....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcdbcXb debfXXXf ABccb ebXdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001010 100100100 1110101101 1001101101 1010010 1001100 0101 100101110 1000100 0110100111 0010000101111 1111110101 010111011 0101001101 01000100 110110101 1001010 100100100 1010010 011001100 100100101110 100100110 110010011 11101001001 1000100 1101011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Breaking Away From That Which Limits;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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