This is an analysis of the poem Licensed that begins with:

Just how ignorant can a deepened ignorance be?
Can it be leased? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXbXbXXXaaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110010101000 1001 1111100 010011 0010100 010101011 01010 001011001 0110010100 010111 11010001000 1111101110 1111100010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 438
  • Average number of words per stanza: 72
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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  • summary of Licensed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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