This is an analysis of the poem The Breaking Point that begins with:
It was not when temptation came,
Swiftly and blastingly as flame, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcbbcddeeff ghghibiXddfddffX XeeXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,16,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01110101 10110011 11110101 11111111 11010111 111100101 01010111 11011001 01110111 10110101 11010001 01111111 11011101 11110100 11011111 11111111 11010101 11110011 11111111 01010101 110010111 11110100 11110111 10110111 111111110 10010111 01110011 10110111 11011111 11011001110 110101 11 11011111 11110101 11111101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 422
- Average number of words per stanza: 75
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and is repeated.
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