This is an analysis of the poem The King's Breakfast that begins with:

The King's Breakfast
The King asked...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabaXcXXXXddX XXbXcXXefEXbX XXDebbgeXeXeeX BXDEcbfabhfbX BXbXXbXXgIaacX BXDXXXbbceaXX XhdEBXbBheBXXXgIaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,13,14,13,14,13,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110 011 011 011 0100 10111101 0101010 0110100 0100 11000 111101 1 0111010 0100 110 1111 0100 10010101 0101010 0100 1100 10101 0100 11010101 1101 100 0100 11000 110 0100 1100011 110101 1001 1100 1100 0100 11010100 010 10 10 011 10 110 0100 10000101 010101 1010 11 101 010 11101010 101 100 011 1000 1111 101010 011101010 11101 10000 1100 1011 0101 1101 0101 0101 110 011 10100 110 0100 0100 110100 11001 011 101 11010 10 1110100 1101010 011 010 1100 0100 011 10010 11101 1000011 1110 100 1000011 11110100 1000 110 111 0101 1 11101010100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 262
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 98
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • 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; there, he are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word the 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 dairymaid, me are repeated).

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

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  • summary of The King's Breakfast;
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  • history of its creation;
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