This is an analysis of the poem From The School Of The Renowned Philosopher that begins with:

For two years he studied with Ammonios Sakkas,
but he was bored by both philosophy and Sakkas....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX abXX cdXXXbaa bXX cXb bbXXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,8,3,3,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110010010 1111110100110 11100101 1111111111100 1101110110010 11111010010 101101 1010001010001 111010111 101011001101 0010101010 11001 1111111 1010100010 111011010101 00110010100 10010100100 0010101 101010101010 11010011 0111 11010101101 10111010 100111111 1100100100110 10111110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; he is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sakkas is repeated).

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  • summary of From The School Of The Renowned Philosopher;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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