This is an analysis of the poem The Half Loaf that begins with:

There ain't the tall windjammers like we knew when we was young,
With their masts as made a forest every water-front along;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbXXCX ddddeeCX bXaaXXCX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011001111111 0111101010010101 111010111110110 11010101111111 1110110111101 10110111101 101010110101 110111010111 110011110010101 001110111011001 111011101011101 111001001111111 1110110111111 10110111111 101010110101 110111010111 11110101111101 111111101011111 101011111011101 01111101110111 10110111101 10110111101 101010110101 1101110101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 473
  • Average number of words per stanza: 89
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; an', fleet are repeated.

    The author used the same word there 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 'er, us are repeated).

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

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

  • summary of The Half Loaf;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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