This is an analysis of the poem Only To Go Deeper In Unaided that begins with:

One who wades in the shallow waters of immaturity...
And has expectations to be given a life preserver, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXbacbddeXceX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 111001010010100 111010001001010 100111101011 11011001011001 11011110011 0111110111010 1010010011111001 1001010001011011 01010001001010 01010010 11011010 10011000101010110 01001000100 1011011011010 0111101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 775
  • Average number of words per stanza: 139
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

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