This is an analysis of the poem When The Testing Comes that begins with:
In 1952...
I took my first steps on a stage....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXab XXXc ddXc ecXecabbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01 11111101 010010010100 1011011 10101 1111111 11011 110101 101111001 10101001 110111110 101 010011000110 1100010 01110001111 0101110100 1111101 11010 101111110 110101 1110111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 21
- 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:
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, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of When The Testing Comes;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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