This is an analysis of the poem Recycled Steps that begins with:
Exclusion did not free them to grandeur.
As they sheltered themselves in secret....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Ab cbd Ac bdbb cdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,3,2,4,3,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Metre: 0100110001 111001010 11111101010 001001 1101001 0100110001 11011010111 11101000110111 001011100011 1010101111 01110101 0101011 1111 01001010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 113
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Recycled Steps;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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