This is an analysis of the poem Having Wisdom that begins with:
Having wisdom should enlighten,
But sometimes it can frighten....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AabccXcdcdAdeabeXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101010 1010110 010010010 1011010 111 0101000110 10100010001 01011011 010010110100101001 1 10101010 10010101010 011 10111010111 10100010101 1010001 11010001 1110010011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 610
- Average number of words per stanza: 99
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; of, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word having is repeated.
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