This is an analysis of the poem To Certify A Knowledge Obtained that begins with:
Education takes more,
Than studying to apply......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaXaXX bbabXcca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101011 1100001 1101001 1001001100 010101001 0001000010100 1101100101 10101011010 101010100010 00111010100 101011001 0011001001 100010110110 001010001000001 11101001011010100 011011010000010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 327
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, with, one are repeated.
The author used the same word education at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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