This is an analysis of the poem My Education that begins with:
At school I sometimes read a book,
And learned a lot of lessons;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbc dedefgfg hihibaba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101101 1101010 11010111 1111010 01110101 110111 01010011 1101 11011101 0101010 11010101 1000110 01011111 110101 11011111 1101 11010111 1111111 11010101 1111111 11010111 111111 11111101 1010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, by are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
The author used the same word at at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of My Education;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
More information about poems by James Kenneth Stephen
- Analysis of England And America
- Analysis of After The Golden Wedding (Three Soliloquies)
- Analysis of Wordsworth
