This is an analysis of the poem The Terrible Test that begins with:
Separate, upon the folded page
Of myth or marvel, sad or glad,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba XcXc adaX Xbbe XecX abXb Xdaba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010101 01110111 01110101 11011101 11011111 01001111 01000111 01000100 10010001 10010001 11010101 1110101 11111111 11010110 01111111 11000100 11010000 01011100 110011111 01110101 01011111 11110101 01111111 01010101 11101110 11111111 01011101 11010001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, man are repeated.
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