This is an analysis of the poem To Step Away From Ourselves that begins with:
We all have our 'ways' about ourselves.
And to evaluate with appreciation, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbaXXa cXaXXcca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110101 100101001010 110010111 10110 0101001 000100001 10100101 11010100000 1 110101010111 111011010110 1010010 11010 101100110101 011001 01101001010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 252
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 16
- 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:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we is repeated.
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