This is an analysis of the poem The Benefits And Advantages Of Knowing that begins with:
The BENEFITS of confessing,
To having less and becoming honest with oneself......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbaX abcXXc babX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01000010 0101101010011 10100001100 100101010111011 0101010 1101101011010 100100010 11100111011 1011101010001001 11101001000101 101001110001 10101001010101 1 010010100010 110110110 101010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
- Average number of words per stanza: 36
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Benefits And Advantages Of Knowing;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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