This is an analysis of the poem A Lesson that begins with:
1.
I know now why the world was sad,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aabbab X aabbab X ccbbcb X aaddad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,1,6,1,6,1,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 11110111 01100101 11110011 11110011 11011111 11101101 1 11111111 11110101 11111111 11011101 11111111 01001110 1 11110101 11110111 1011101011 11010101 11011101 11110111 1 11010111 11111111 110101111 11010101 11110111 11111101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; i, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word like is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of A Lesson;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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