This is an analysis of the poem My Young Son Asks Me... that begins with:
My young son asks me: Must I learn mathematics?
What is the use, I feel like saying. That two pieces...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXXaXX Xa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111111010 1001111101110 0111110111110 111111111 10011111001010 101111100111 11010101010 11111111100 100111110101 110011101101 111010111 11111100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 295
- Average number of words per stanza: 56
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, learn, your are repeated.
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