This is an analysis of the poem Smart. But Not Wise that begins with:
The people who have found an interest,
In the pursuit of that which is loved AND liked......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaaba cdeffacbba adf cceXaXXXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,10,3,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101111100 00010110111 11001101001 1100010101 011011110010 1101110100 0010111000101 110101010 0101110101101010 100010001001 111110001011 111010101011 10011101011010010 1110101001001 101011011001000111 001110100100111 11111110101 001110100101000100 011010101111 1111 111100111010100 01010010100110010 010100101 010101001011100001 1110101001010 110010 1101111010001 0001001010 111000101011011100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 356
- Average number of words per stanza: 59
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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 is repeated.
The author used the same word smart at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Smart. But Not Wise;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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