This is an analysis of the poem Who Will Answer? that begins with:

Who, when the ages are all complete,
And a voice comes forth from the Judgment Seat ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc aaddee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 110101101 1011100101 111011011011 1101111011 110100100 11010111 110010111 101011101111 1010110111 1011100101 1111111001 110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 267
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

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

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, ye are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word 'till is repeated.

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  • summary of Who Will Answer?;
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  • history of its creation;
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