This is an analysis of the poem What I Will Pass On that begins with:

When I am solicited to share the remedy,
To ease tensions, fear and anxieties of all kinds....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaX Xbb bbX aaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110100010100 0110110100011 1011011101 001101001100 101 1101100101 110111111 01010101 100111001 100101011 10001010111 1101010101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of What I Will Pass On;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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