This is an analysis of the poem Who Learns My Lesson Complete? that begins with:

WHO learns my lesson complete?
Boss, journeyman, apprentice--churchman and atheist,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabcde afX gXd ae hXfgggc ddc ehXgie bXe eXeXgeie
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,3,3,2,7,3,6,3,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111001 1101010101100 010101101011110 1101100 100101011111101 001100110100010 1100101100100101 011111001100 11001111111 11011111111110 11110111001011010 011 1111001111010 110101010111110100110 010100 0011100110101101 0100010010110011110 01001010 1111011011101100 111000 11111110010111011 1101 11111000001001110 111001000001001110 110010100100111011 001001110010110010010 11001001111010010011 11010110101001001 11001001010010010 1100010011100100 100 111101010101101110 01101011011001011 10010011100 111111111011100 1111011111011000 1011100 11011101110010 100100 1111001001110100 100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, i, of, it, in, wonderful, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, nor, and are repeated.

    The author used the same words i, and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines years, woman, wonderful are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word wonderful at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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