This is an analysis of the poem Who Should Be Teaching that begins with:
What is the point to be made,
To pray for answers from questions......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcad eXcfadbdggXf bX Xdd gcXdeddhX hhXfe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,12,2,3,9,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001001 01110010 1110101 01010001 110100010 10111100 010111111 11111 101001 11011 101010001 0110011 10010101 1101001 10110010 101000 00010 11110 00111 0111 1101001 011010100 11010110 11011 0011110 10010000 0100100 110001 1010001 001 11011101 11001 101001 11001 011010001 0010100
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Who Should Be Teaching;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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