This is an analysis of the poem It May Become Necessary To Take A Detour that begins with:
Clear a path for those who approach,
Carrying their excessive baggage....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaabc aXdbddc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10111101 100101010 101010 01000110 010010 01101110 11011101 0101101001001 10010010001 01111001001 0100101001 101001 0001010101001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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