This is an analysis of the poem Step Back, Let Go And Let Reality Do Its 'Thing' that begins with:

Never take the position,
To argue with anyone......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXbXXXXXXXXbXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010010 0100100 1101010010 0110100111 111110 101001 0101001010 10100011101000 110010010100 011110111010 1111110100101 10001010101010 1111110100101 0101010010101 11 11 110100101101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 649
  • Average number of words per stanza: 115
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, let are repeated.

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  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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