This is an analysis of the poem Those Ignorant Steps that begins with:
Anyone taking a position,
To have others believe......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcdcXbcccb aX XXXeeddc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,2,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100100010 011001 010111010 0100011000 00100010 10101001 11101 101010 01001010100 1010001 111001001 101001010001 10110100 1110111110 1001110 111001000 1111 11100011 1111 01111 110110111001 1111110111010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 236
- Average number of words per stanza: 43
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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, you are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Those Ignorant Steps;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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