This is an analysis of the poem I Then Did Not Know that begins with:
Today...
I've decided with hindsight shown, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abccabcXdd cecbXfXXfX fXed
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01 10100111 11011101010 11000010 0100111 101100101001 10100011010 01010110111 011001 0100100101001 001000101 101000111 1101011101 110011010110 101001001001 1101101111 111011 1100000100 100100110101001 001000111011 0111111001 010101 11010100 10110001111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 292
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- 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 is repeated.
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- summary of I Then Did Not Know;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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