This is an analysis of the poem What Then? that begins with:
HIS chosen comrades thought at school
He must grow a famous man;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaaX cbccX dbddX ebeXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011111 1110101 11011111 1010101 11110111 1011111 1010011 01010101 1110101 111101111 10100111 01111101 1111101 10110111 11110111 010101111 10001101 10111101 1000101 11011111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; ' is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of What Then?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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