This is an analysis of the poem The Lesson that begins with:
Chaos ruled OK in the classroom
as bravely the teacher walked in...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab XcbX Xdad XXeX faba XcXc XXfe XeXe cded XeXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101110011 11001010 0100011 0111001 111010100 111001 010011010 1111010 111011110 1101111 110001011 010101 11011101 0101001 111100101 10111 110110100 010101 1101011 1010001 0111010 111111 10111010 10111 11110111 010010100 1111110 1010010110 011011011 011011101 1010000 110001 11011111 0111001 101010 0011001 01001010 010101 110010010 111001011
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; in is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Lesson;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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More information about poems by Roger McGough
- Analysis of Let Me Die A Youngman's Death
- Analysis of The Sound Collector
- Analysis of Kinetic Poem No.2
