This is an analysis of the poem On This Road that begins with:

On this road
where nobody else travels...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 1111110 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 55
  • Average number of words per stanza: 9
  • Amount of lines: 3
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of On This Road;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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