This is an analysis of the poem On Education that begins with:

December 1789
When infant Reason first exerts her sway,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabbccddeeffgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 0101 1101010101 11111100101 1101010111 11110010101 0101010011 10110010101 11001000101 0111110101 11100011101 1001010111 1101011001 1101011101 1111000011 0101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 329
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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.

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  • summary of On Education;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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