This is an analysis of the poem Learn that begins with:
Learn, learn, learn,—
Our beautiful world is not a field for sheep;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abbbc AddXc AeeXX Acccf Agggh Afffh AiiifXAcccf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111 11001010111 1101010111 0111011111 1101000101 111 1111110111 1101011111 1101011100 1001010111 111 1101011101 1110001001 1101111100 1101010101 111 0111110101 1101111001 1111010101 1110010101 111 0101010101 1101010101 1111011111 1100010111 111 0011111111 1011010111 1100011100 1011110001 111 1011010101 1101110101 1111111001 1001011101 111 10110111001 1011010001 1111110101 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and, learn, to, not, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words not, search are repeated.
The author used the same word learn at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Learn;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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