This is an analysis of the poem Wrong Steps that begins with:
Try not to take those wrong steps,
You find catches you out of breath....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AB AC ACd ACdd AXddD AB ACDdd AEXAE AEXAEEEXABCdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,2,3,4,5,2,5,5,13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1101111 11101101 1101111 1110110111 1101111 1110110111 010110111 1101111 1110110111 010111111 1101011011 1101111 011001010110 010101111 1111101111 010010111011 1101111 11101101 1101111 1110110111 010010111011 011001010111 011110101 1101111 0101 1101001 1101111 01011101111011 1101111 0101 1000 1101111 01011101111011 0101111011 0101111011 1101111 11101101 1110110111 01101101 10111010111
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
- Average number of words per stanza: 31
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to, better, steps, on, move, gone, known, it, make are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, you are repeated.
The author used the same word try 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 on is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word on at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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