This is an analysis of the poem Refusing Lessons To Them Given that begins with:
I have never understood,
Those who pay to sit in classrooms......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXbXcbXbaXca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101 11101011 010100010 010110101 1001000010 1010110 0010010001 1010100 1010011100 00111001 1111010 1100110100 00110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 430
- Average number of words per stanza: 70
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- 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; to, or are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Refusing Lessons To Them Given;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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