This is an analysis of the poem Learning that begins with:
I'm learning to say thank you.
And I'm learning to say please....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbXbXcXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0100111 1010011 10100110 1110111 10101010 1010101 101010011011 101 10100110 1111101 1010101 11000001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 376
- Average number of words per stanza: 73
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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'm, learning, to, and, not are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase much connects the lines.
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- summary of Learning;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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