This is an analysis of the poem Taking First Steps After Crawling that begins with:
Distrust exposed and apparent,
Seldom becomes unquestioned trust again....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXXb XbXaaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011010 1001010101 01 10100010 1001000111 011100011011 1010001 0110101 10111010 111011 110101 101110101001 01001011100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
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- summary of Taking First Steps After Crawling;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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