This is an analysis of the poem Death Of Accepted Ignorance that begins with:

A unity to wish without truth to embrace,
And face it......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABXCBBdefa BGdbdXega cXXXgXX gdXehbagid BGhaXgfgagb ABXCBBid dbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,9,7,10,11,8,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010001011001 110 0110 01010101 01101 011000010001 01000101010010 101110 101000100100111 010110010010 10010100100 1010101010 1011101110 1010010 1110101 10010100110 1111 11011011 0010111101010 111101 111101 01 101110101 11100 1 101101010111 100101001011 11010010011101 110010111010001 00101111 011011 0101001001 10101110 11110001010100 111011010001100 1100110 10010100100 1010101010 0 1110010011101 0011010101 1111011110100 10011011 1110111001010 110100111100 00101101010 00110101110101 010001011001 110 0110 01010101 01101 011000010001 11101100 01001010001010 110001010101 101 0010
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 297
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 58
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words everyday, to are repeated.

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  • summary of Death Of Accepted Ignorance;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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