This is an analysis of the poem Whether One Learns How To Climb Or Jump that begins with:

Those who say,
Children today who do not have the benefit......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXab XXbaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 100111110100 0101011011 111010010100100 1101010 1101 110 00001001100101010 1100100111010110 101110111 10010010000001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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.

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  • summary of Whether One Learns How To Climb Or Jump;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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