This is an analysis of the poem The Tree Of Knowledge that begins with:

THAT THERE IS NO KNOWLEDGE.
Against the Dogmatists.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X Xabbaccdd bbbXaaee baabffgg hddhgXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110 010100 0101101101 01010101 110011 111001101101 1101101 111000100 11110101 010111010111 111111011101 1010111 1111111100 110111111111 1111101 1000101 111111 110100111111 0101011001 11011101 11010001 0100101110100 11010100 11001100 111101 0111001110001 10011110101 1111101 1101101 110111110101 1110111 1111110 11111001 100101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ', know, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, ', and are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Tree Of Knowledge;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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