This is an analysis of the poem Who's Endurance Test Is This that begins with:

No one living who has earned to be in their right mind,
Accepts with belief......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXX aXbbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110111000111 01001 1101000111101 10101110010 11010100110100 011100010010001 11111001001010 1100100 010100101101010 1 01111110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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.

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  • summary of Who's Endurance Test Is This;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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