This is an analysis of the poem I Have Learned that begins with:
I had been told 'never' to say never.
And for as long as I lived, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abc Xdd BXX BXc BXe Bdd Bbe BXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101100110 1111111 1010101001 1111001 11101010110 10010100101 111 010011 1001011 111 01011 10010100111 111 00101 0111010 111 011111 0001001100 111 100011101 00111001001111 111 1 11111011 10
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
- Average number of words per stanza: 16
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; i is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of I Have Learned;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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