This is an analysis of the poem As Has Been Taught that begins with:
From one's observance,
It can be determined......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC BDcd Cdcdd ABC BDddb DBD DBDXDDDDBDDD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,5,3,5,3,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010 010010 0110010 110010 110001 011010 10101001 0110010 1001 110000 1010001101 10011101101 01010 010010 0110010 110010 110001 0110101001 001001101 0110010101001 1101 1111011001 01011101100101 1101 1111011001 01011101100101 1101 1101 1101 01011101100101 1111011001 1101 1101 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 34
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, not, it, be, as are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word as is repeated.
The author used the same word as at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines taught is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word accept at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of As Has Been Taught;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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