This is an analysis of the poem The Trial Of A Man that begins with:

The ordinary milkman brought that dawn
Of destiny, delivered to the door...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab Xaba bcdXbcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 0101011111 0100010001 0110010101 101011101 01010101110 11110101001 1101110011 11010110100 0101011101 10010101010 1101011101 11000010101 1110101010 0101010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Trial Of A Man;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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