This is an analysis of the poem A Task that begins with:

In fear and trembling, I think I would fulfill my life
Only if I brought myself to make a public confession...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110011110111 100111101010010 010011110110 1001001001011 10 11110010100 10110100101010011 010011011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 358
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, and, i are repeated.

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  • summary of A Task;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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