This is an analysis of the poem They Know That They Don'T Know that begins with:
They know that they don't know!
And their opinions discloses the evidence....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Abcbcd AcXX XXbebbXe XbX AEAEAEEC AEAEAEEC ACACACEC ADADADECXECECECCEC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,4,8,3,8,8,8,18,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 110100100100 101101001 10010110 10001 0110011 111111 11010100101 010111100100 1010 1110111010 011011 11101 1110111 111111011 0101001 11101 11001 010111010 01101 010011 111111 1110100 111111 1110100 111111 1110100 11110101 11111100 111111 1110100 111111 1110100 111111 1110100 11110101 11111100 111111 0111 111111 0111 111111 0111 11110101 11111100 111111 101 111111 101 111111 101 11110101 11111100 11111 1011100 11111 1011100 11111 1011100 1011100 11110101 11111100
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 212
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 62
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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; they, know, to, that, and, stubborn, they're, limited are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, stubborn are repeated.
The author used the same word they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines limited is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word limited at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of They Know That They Don'T Know;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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