This is an analysis of the poem Learn How To Spell that begins with:
Learn how to spell.
You will do better....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABACA dedXd ABACA fXfdecXXXffAf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,13,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101 10110 1011 011111 11101 11100101 1001010 1001 001111010 1001 1101 10110 1011 011111 11101 0110001 0010110 00011 01001010111 1010010 11101 0010001 101001 011111 110111 1101 1101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 27
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
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- summary of Learn How To Spell;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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