This is an analysis of the poem Breakfast that begins with:

A dinner party, coffee, tea,
Sandwich, or supper, all may be... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabbccddeXXXeeffggbbhhggbbaaee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 31,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 10110110 01110101 11010101 11000111 010101010 10101110 01010111 1010011 1111111 11011111 110111010 111101110 01011111 10010111 1010101 10000101 01111010 011101010 1010101 11110101 11110111 1011101 11110110 01010010010 110111110 110101110 011101001 101011 100100111 1010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1031
  • Average number of words per stanza: 192
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; words is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Breakfast;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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