This is an analysis of the poem The School that begins with:

I WAS not drowsy though the scholars droned.
Hearing the music that they made of Greek,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcXXXdef dccgbfhgh iiaieiXX XXjhjaXhiXjg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,8,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111010101 1001011101 0101010001 1101110101 1011000100 11001101010 10011111110 11011011010 0101110001 0101011111 0111011101 110101010 1101110101 1001110101 1001001101 11100100010 11110101010 100101 01010111010 1101010101 1111010101 1111011101 11110101010 1111010101 0111011101 010101 1101010100 10010101110 0101010101 0101110111 0101010101 1001100101 01010101010 1001010011 1100010011 111101111000 11011100011 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 387
  • Average number of words per stanza: 69
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The School;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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