This is an analysis of the poem Pitfalls that begins with:
It is best to leave those who accept,
To disbelieve alone....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcaaaXdeXbbbXcdedX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 001011101 000101 010110001010 0100101 1010111101 011101001 010010101010 111011000 10100111000 001010001001000 11100011011 001011001 11110010 01011010011010 0101011110101 110101011 11010101101 1111101000100 111101010 11000101100101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 830
- Average number of words per stanza: 135
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, your are repeated.
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