This is an analysis of the poem Beyond The Testing Of Accepting Mentalites that begins with:

How can anyone learn to avoid or escape,
From those dangers of their own creations....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcddXbX efdgXgXed Xhdba Xhhd efidjkb eiebbj ejbcbX lklXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,5,4,7,6,6,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001001101 0110011010 0 1010110001 110001000101 101001 101101 10101101011 1 1001 0101100011 1001010 10101000 01010 00101000 100 1101001 0101000101000 101 1101 010 11111111 1110000 01010001 01 01010101 1010101 00110000101 0101100101 0111101 1101001 0110100101 0111 101111010 1101011 1 101101 0110001 1 1 10110101 010001 01111101 101100100 10001 010101010110 010101 1110 0111 01
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word it is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Beyond The Testing Of Accepting Mentalites;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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