This is an analysis of the poem They Don'T Know What A Lesson Is that begins with:
They 'aint' gon' learn nuthin'.
'Why? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XX Xa X XX XX X X XaXa XX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,1,2,2,1,1,4,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110 1 1110110111 011110100 101000101 111100100 1110100100011 00101 1 11011001011 01110 1011011 11000101011 01011 10010111001 000101100011110 1 110111110
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 57
- Average number of words per stanza: 11
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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, it are repeated.
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- summary of They Don'T Know What A Lesson Is;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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