This is an analysis of the poem Hymn To The Belly that begins with:

ROOM! room! make room for the bouncing Belly,
First father of sauce and deviser of jelly;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddXXXXXXeebbffbbff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1111101010 110011100010 11001101001 11101001001 01101011010 011010010110 01001001001 0110101101 11101001011 01011111001 11001011001 1100111111 111010010110 110010010110 01001111001 11001001001 1111101001 11111011011 1000111011 110001011011 11111111101 11011011001 11011001111 11111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 214
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • 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; of, room, and, he, or, thou are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of Hymn To The Belly;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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