This is an analysis of the poem The Test that begins with:
You can brag about the famous men you know;
You may boast about the great men you have met,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbbdad bcacXded eeXebddX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11101010111 11101011111 10100111010101 10111010011 111011110101 11101010101 10111111010101 1101011111 11101010101 11100110101 11101010010111 10111010101 10111011011101 00101110101 10011011010101 0101011111 00100010111 10001011001 10101010010101 10100011101 01101011111 10100010111 00101010101101 11101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 407
- Average number of words per stanza: 78
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, and, may, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The author used the same word you at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word sick at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Test;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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