This is an analysis of the poem Teaching Xviii that begins with:
Then said a teacher, "Speak to us of Teaching."
And he said: ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X a X X a X X X X X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010010100 111 11101011111010110100100110 010110011001001010011001011000110100 0100111111110010101101100110111 0010011010010100111101101010 00101101001010011111011011010101011100 11101001001011001001110111010110 1010011110100101 1101110110101101111010010010011001010001
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 10
- Average number of symbols per line: 104 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 20
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, his, you, he, but, to, cannot are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Teaching Xviii;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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