This is an analysis of the poem Wisdom that begins with:
I've been accused of having wisdom.
And I smile and ask......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbXcbdbXbefgXhXigedijjajjfXXjjjehcfjj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 38,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100101010 11111 10110 111101011 11011 110101 110010101 1011111101 110011111101 1101010100 1011101 1111101010 1101111011101 101111 11110 111100 1100100 11001111 0100101110001 11110100100 11000100 1111101010011 1101011011101 1010111 10101001 111101 11011 110 11111110 11100111 01010100101 100010010 1101001 10100110001 01000111010 11001101 1 10011010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1225
- Average number of words per stanza: 233
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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- summary of Wisdom;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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