This is an analysis of the poem Accustomed To Challenging Obstacles that begins with:

I find it hard to believe,
Someone would repeatedly......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabbbc X b daX dX ecXeX fXf XXeafX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,1,1,3,2,5,3,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101001 1110100 101011 0010110 1101000010 0101001011 1010100100100 11111 1 1101 1111010101 101110100101 110111100010 10110 110010 011010 10101 11011 1110111 011110110010 101111 110110010 1 1110011 01000101 0010111 11010010 111010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 109
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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  • summary of Accustomed To Challenging Obstacles;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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