This is an analysis of the poem Solid As A Rock that begins with:
Do not fool yourself with beliefs,
You have the power to prevent another's progress....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: cinquain
- Metre: 11110001 1101000101011 111010011101 1011010 01110101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 5
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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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