This is an analysis of the poem The Test that begins with:
I hung my verses in the wind,
Time and tide their faults may find.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccccccbbdd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic tetrameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 11110001 1111111 1011111 1110111 1010001 1011111 1010111 10110101 1010111 10101001 1110101 11101101 1110101 1110001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 455
- Average number of words per stanza: 83
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word five is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Test;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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