This is an analysis of the poem Get To Stepping And Adventure Your Life that begins with:

Travel on!
My brothers....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABABCC AbbdX AEFG AH d ABABC AH EFG AH EFG AH BCC AH EFGGEFGGEFGGXAHGGGG
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,4,2,1,5,2,3,2,3,2,3,2,19,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 110 101 1101010 1101010 00101010 101 11101010 1111111 111110011 01010100 101 01111010 01000100 010101 101 1010101011 101110 101 110 101 1101010 1101010 101 1010101011 01111010 01000100 010101 101 1010101011 01111010 01000100 010101 101 1010101011 1101010 1101010 00101010 101 1010101011 1111010 01000100 010101 010101 1111010 01000100 010101 010101 1111010 01000100 010101 010101 101 1010101011 010101 010101 010101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word believe is repeated.

    The author used the same word travel at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines receive is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word receive at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Get To Stepping And Adventure Your Life;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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