This is an analysis of the poem These Tests Given Are Not Transferrable that begins with:

Remember those days, months and years...
When I looked as if I could break down any moment, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdebedfb edggXdhbiX chcjccdXXgba de XcebGbG hhbie jaahd gbaKdl K fhflXcccadkccgj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,10,12,2,7,5,5,6,1,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011110 1111011111010 00101 111111 10110100101 110111101 01011 100 11110 100010111 01 110100111 1011101 0011001001101 1 1101 0101 11010111010 0101 100010 1101110 10010101 101 1 11101111 10101110 11001 101001 101101 11001010 101101001 0010 1101111 011011 01100111010 0101001010010 10111 111111 01101011011 110 110 01001011 110 11101111101 11 1111110010 11010 1 110 101111010 01100110 0110111 11101101010 111111 110 1100011100 010110110110 101100101 11011010111 010110110110 1110111100 0111111 10 110111111001 1 10010011 1 101110 110101 00100 11010101 1 00100011 01000011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words sometimes, i are repeated.

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

  • summary of These Tests Given Are Not Transferrable;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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