This is an analysis of the poem Ignorance Is Bliss that begins with:
Why should I lower my expectations,
To accomodate someone else's incompetence? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXca dcXbcb aXXXXd XbeeXce
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111011010 0100011100100 1110110100 011010011010 1101011 0101100 101110 0001001001101 1110111100111 11000111101 01011101011011 0101010011101 1100110100101 011011000 0010110111011 1110010101 1101111000 11110110111 111111 1100100100 101010101 1010010101111 101101 0111010011010 10100100001011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
- Average number of words per stanza: 46
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Ignorance Is Bliss;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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