This is an analysis of the poem Practice Every Step that begins with:
Practice every step.
Do not second guess what it takes....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABAA ccAA XddAA ABAA XbdAA dcAA dXcAcAXccAAAA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,4,5,4,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101001 11101101 101001 101001 1110111110101 1 101001 101001 10111 110111 1 101001 101001 101001 11101101 101001 101001 1001010 1010101 1 101001 101001 1110101010101 1 101001 101001 110111 1001111 11 101001 11 101001 1110010001 1 101001 101001 101001 101001
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; practice, every, step are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words practice, and are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines step is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word step at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Practice Every Step;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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