This is an analysis of the poem In Shallow Steps Kept that begins with:
Contributions made to avert disaster...
Had some chuckling, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXabXcXcbdXXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 10101001010 1110 1100101010010 11110111 1011 01011011010 1010011 111001001001 10110101011 1101 0010110 11111 011111101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 451
- Average number of words per stanza: 74
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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- summary of In Shallow Steps Kept;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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