This is an analysis of the poem Mortally Ignorant that begins with:
Even though the doing leaves those saddened,
To know the time comes to let go of the ones......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXcb ddacXa X X dXXX XXaX daX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,1,1,4,4,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101110 01011011001 111000110 111101111 10100100100 1101010011010 01011 0110011 110111011 1110110100 110011011101 1101010010001001 1111000101 1101110 11 11100110 0110111 1101000 111010 111101001110 01001101111 1111101 11101 1111 11111010010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 25
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to 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 Mortally Ignorant;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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