This is an analysis of the poem The Right Way that begins with:

Birth of the word is by agony molded,
Through earthly life it is quietly going, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcbc Xdcd eded
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010110010 11010010010 00010110010 10010010010 1010010001 11010010010 11010110010 10011010110 11011110100 01010101010 11010111110 11011010010 1001101101 10010011110 1001001001 10110010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Right Way;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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