This is an analysis of the poem Long I Thought That Knowledge that begins with:
LONG I thought that knowledge alone would suffice me--O if I could
but obtain knowledge!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbaXcdXbeXXaXXXccfXdfXfXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111100110111011 10110 1110111001001010 100100111011111 01100 1110010011110110100 101110101010111 11001001101101101 11001101010110100 1111101111010 10 11110100101001 0100101 1101101111111110 11010101101010 11101010111111110 10011001 11101100111011110 100110110111 0011011100111101 110110011011001 11101001001100100 10111 11010001111010111 00000111111010110101 01
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1533
- Average number of words per stanza: 263
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, me, would, and, be, to, of, you are repeated.
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