This is an analysis of the poem Who Told You That? that begins with:
So much that could and should be understood,
Is left to assume to never be comprehended......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcdbea fXX fXg cX hb feXiaaah X gdfadbidXgXfffa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,3,3,2,2,8,1,15,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1111110101 0100101001010 110101010001 0100100101001 010010001001 1010001 1001110001 00100010010 001010010001010 111011101 11001 10011110001 110011110 011111 111111110101 11100011 111100011111 110 11111 101001101111 0100100110110 1111 110111001 0100110111001 101011001 1110001 01010011100100 111010100101 11111101 01 0101001001101 01111001101 111000101101 11111001001001 11 011001111001 110111100101101 110101101010111 11101 0101011 1101 10100101001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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, of, as, confess, show, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words confess, show, i are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases truth, confess connect the lines.
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- summary of Who Told You That?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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