This is an analysis of the poem Experience Teaches that begins with:
The Oak. The Pine.
The Birch, Willow......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcdXXddXedf dXddea fbgdcbXXXdgX ddXee X f X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,6,12,5,1,1,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101 0111 1101 111000110 100101 01101010 110001010100 10011001 1001110011 11110 110001 1101111 01011010 10101111 11101 1001001100 100 10000100101 0111 110101010 100111101 0100101001 100100110 110011110 10110 1110100101100 0100111 11011100 110101001 11110010101 1010001000 11011010 1 10110110101 0101 1011101010001 11 110 1111101111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 168
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.
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, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Experience Teaches;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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