This is an analysis of the poem To Learn And Comprehend From Beginning To End that begins with:

From whom do you seek approval,
To meet and greet what pleases you? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaa XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01111010 01111101 11010101001 00111010001 01111 001001 11011100100 111011101000 011101001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, you are repeated.

    The author used the same word from at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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