This is an analysis of the poem The Dinner-Party that begins with:

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'So . . .' they said,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aaabcadad e dXXfaeegXf edaXdbhdc i gjbgXXk h dcdkgclf hXigcldeddlbacfj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,9,1,10,9,1,7,1,8,16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1111 0111010001 10101110101 111101 011100 010101010 10110010 1011110 00101 1 01000011110 11001001 111111100 11101110 111110 01111011 10000111011011 11101001001010 11010111 10 101 1101110111 1001101 110101 001000100010 10111010 110011 01010010 01001001 10 11001001101 11001010 11001 110101001 10101010010 110010011100 01001 1 11111 1101111100 1111010 011001 1011001011 11101010010 1111111 11101000101 01001 01111110 0101110101 110111010 01010101 111101010 110 111101 0011 01001011 110001101 01101 111001 1101010 110101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 67
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines him is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Dinner-Party;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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