This is an analysis of the poem Stepped Out With A Greeting Of My Fate that begins with:
I've stepped out with a greeting of my fate.
I've stepped out with a greeting of my fate....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AA bcddEbX ca d cc ba AEFBXAEFB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,7,2,1,2,2,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110010011 1110010011 11010 00101100 10010101110 101111010 1010110 00100100 11111010 11110 1011101 110101101110 11010 011001010 110010101 00111011 1110010011 1010110 001001000101 0011111 1110010011 1010110 001001000101 0011111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; to is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i've is repeated.
The author used the same word i've at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines fate is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word face at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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