This is an analysis of the poem Lessons that begins with:
THERE are who teach only the sweet lessons of peace and safety;
But I teach lessons of war and death to those I love,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111110011001110 1111001110111 111001010111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 3
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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