This is an analysis of the poem On A Learning Journey that begins with:
I am glad you can accept me as I am.
And not feel threatened or competitive....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXabcXdXeX eeeXaaXbbcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11111011111 1111010100 111101010 00101110 01011101 10111000101 0111 11010 1101000110100001 1 1101111101 11101010111 101101111011111 110100111 11110111101 10111110111 01110010100111 101011100110 1101010101 001001111001 11110101011101 11000110110
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 430
- Average number of words per stanza: 82
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; i, you are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of On A Learning Journey;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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