This is an analysis of the poem The Over-Fed Fuse that begins with:

He has made many meals
On the Lib'rals of late,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcb dbdbcb dbdbXbebebbb fefeXe Xgagdg hbhbXb bbbbXb ijijXj iaXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,12,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 101001 101111 101101 1011111010 01011001 001001 111001 101001 101001 1110010010 11011001 010011 001101 111101 001111 1011010110 11111001 111111 001101 101001 101011 1111100110 111101001 111001 111011 111101 111001 1110010110 10111101 111101 101101 111001 001011 111111010 1101101 001001 111101 1111001 101011 1110111010 11001011 1010010 11111 1111010 01001 1110011010 11101011 111111 111001 001001 111101 1011010010 101101101 001100 111011 11111 110101 1111010010 010110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, or are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, and, or are repeated.

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  • summary of The Over-Fed Fuse;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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