This is an analysis of the poem Raised To Praise Ignorance that begins with:
If mediocrity is selected as a favorite flavor,
Of the majority of people raised to praise ignorance....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXXcXcXbdbab ecaedXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010000101010010 000100010101100 110100000 0100100011100 110110100 1110100110100 1010001 011111010 010101110111 010110 0010111101001 1101010 101010101001 1010101 11011100111 10010010110010 1101011001 1000100010010 110101 110111101011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 409
- Average number of words per stanza: 73
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; of is repeated.
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