This is an analysis of the poem The Song Of Education that begins with:

III. For the Creche
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X a bbccddaa eeaaffgg eehhccaa XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,8,8,8,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101 111101 101011001111 011110010001 111001011111 111001011001 11001001001 101001001101 111101011001 001001001001 111011101011 01011001001 11101101101 11001011001 11001011011 11001101001 101011101111 001001001011 11001001001 11101101001 11111011101 11001001101 101111001011 111001001011 111011011011 11001001001 11111011111 111110110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, i, for, mother, of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word for is repeated.

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  • summary of The Song Of Education;
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