This is an analysis of the poem After Passing The Examination that begins with:

For ten years I never left my books;
I went up ... and won unmerited praise....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabcXXcXbaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110110111 1111110001 11111111 01011001111 101011101 1111110101 11010100101 11111101 101101010 10110011 1010010111 10011011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 490
  • Average number of words per stanza: 97
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; my, i, of are repeated.

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  • summary of After Passing The Examination;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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