This is an analysis of the poem Television that begins with:
The most important thing we've learned,
So far as children are concerned,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbbXebbffccggffbbaaaaaahhhiidXjjaXjjaaXkeeaahhhhkkbbiXllaammccjjiicckkkkjjjaaiidddddaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 93,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010111 11110101 01010101 01110101 11011101 01010111 011100110 11010101 11111101 11011111 11011111 01011101 11111111 011100010 01110101 01110101 11110101 11110101 11011111 11110101 11010001 10110101 01010101 01010101 0101001 01010101 01110101 01011111 11110101 01000101 01011111 010010111 11011101 11111111 10110101 11110101 11010110 11001101 11010101 111101010 010101100 11010111 11010111 110110111 11111101 01111110 11111101 010011101 110101001 10011101 11010001 11010101 01010111 11011101 110010101 11010101 11011100 110010101 10011101 01101100 01000100 0101110010 010101010 11010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11011111 11011101 11111101 11010101 11111111 1111010101 10011101 01011101 11010101 01010101 01110111 11010101 11011101 10010111 01010101 11010101 0101001 11111111 11010101 11111111 110110101 01010001 11010101 01010101 110111001 01111110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 3240
- Average number of words per stanza: 584
- Amount of lines: 93
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; never, and, they, to, it, read are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words until, they, it, his, and are repeated.
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- summary of Television;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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