This is an analysis of the poem A Victim Of Learning Too Many Lessons that begins with:

Why is it that it seems,
You express little empathy......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcX ddaeX F X XafXcf XfXXX F X fX aX f eggacfdX F geeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,1,1,6,5,1,1,2,2,1,8,1,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101 10110100 01111100 100010100 10101100 1010011001 101001111 1110101110 0101101 1000101010 1010100111100 1111 1110 11111100 1100101 100010010 11011011 0110001 1 1101 1100101010 111001000 1010101 1010100111100 1111 1101100100 0111001 1011110 1111 1 1111010 1100101011001 101111 1101001011010 111110100 1001 11101 10111011011 1010100111100 111 11110111101 1111001 111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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  • summary of A Victim Of Learning Too Many Lessons;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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