This is an analysis of the poem Make A New Path To Pave that begins with:

Everyday learn something with a task.
And welcome that challenge....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBcaBccXdEF ecGdF DDGdF EhEDEhE GdF EhEDEhEGAF DDDDGAF EhEDEhE EXedehE iEiEiE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,5,5,7,3,10,7,7,7,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110001 110110 1101 110100001001 110110 110101 110101010110 10010 10110001 101101 01111110 101101101 101100010100 111101 1011111 01111110 11100101 11110100 111101 1011111 01111110 101101 101 11101101 110 1101101 101 11101101 111101 1011111 01111110 101101 101 11101101 110 1101101 101 11101101 111101 1011111 01111110 11100101 11110100 11100101 11110100 111101 1011111 01111110 101101 101 11101101 110 1101101 101 11101101 101101 01 0101101 1110 1101101 101 11101101 010 101101 010 101101 010 101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 68
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, you, make, new, path, pave are repeated.

    The author used the same words everyday, make 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 pave is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words open, pave at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Make A New Path To Pave;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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