This is an analysis of the poem Cleared Path that begins with:
I don't need a pat or a slap on my back.
Nor do I need to be seen behind the wheel, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXaXX XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101101111 11110010101 001011101 10110 01111000110 1110101 0011 11
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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 Cleared Path;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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