This is an analysis of the poem Decide This Is Right that begins with:

Walk in the light.
Hasn't the choosing of darkness, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AXbX AXcc AadX AXbd AXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001 10010010 010011111 1001101 1001 1111010 0001101 011011101 1001 01001 101011101 11010100 1001 010000010 010011 1111111101 1001 1111010 1101001 101101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 117
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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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