This is an analysis of the poem Teacher Of Lessons that begins with:
Shouldn't someone expect,
A life of regretting a planting of misdeeds....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbCDae dfcXc bBcdfae AXCDd cabBaaa cXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,5,7,5,7,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 101101 010010010001 1011010 01101010011 1101011 11010010111 111101010011 010100010101 0101 11 010100110101 11010010010 00101010101 10000101 101111101 010100110101 101010100101 010001010100010 101101 010010 1011010 01101010011 1100100101010 1 101 0010010 00101010101 1110001101001 1111010001010 101110101 111101100010 10100001001 00100011010
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 202
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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 and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Teacher Of Lessons;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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