This is an analysis of the poem Beef Tea that begins with:
She never nagged; she never said no word;
But sat an' looked at me an' never stirred. ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabccbbX aadeeXXf ggXffXhX iifbbfjj kkbbXbll XajffjfX llakkagg Xfhbbhmm aXdaadaX ggbccbnn XahfXhdd Xagddgaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101110111 1111111101 1111010110 11011110111 0101111111 1101 1011011101 1111111110 1101110111 1110111111 110011100101 1101011011 1110111101 0110 0111111111 1111111111 1001011011 1101011111 1111010101 1101110101 1111110101 1101 1111011101 1111010101 1111111101 1101110100 1111011111 0101110110 1111111101 1111 1101110101 1111010011 1110110101 1111110111 1111111111 111110101 1111111111 1111 1101011101 11110011111 1111010101 1101110111 1111111101 1111011111 1111001101 0101 1111011101 1101011110 1101011111 1011110101 1110111100 1110010111 1101101111 1101 1111010101 1001011111 1111101010 1111110101 1111010111 1111100111 11110111101 1101 1110011111 1111010111 11010110111 1111011101 1111011111 0111011111 1111111101 1101 1111010001 1111111011 1111011111 1101110111 1100011101 1111111101 1111011101 1101 11110111101 1111110101 11111111111 1111010101 0100111011 1111010101 0101110110 0111 11111111111 1111110111 1111110100 1111110101 0111110101 11110111011 10011111111 1101 1111011110 11011110101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 330
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 96
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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; an', she, never, me, i, 'im, 'er are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word an' is repeated.
The author used the same word she at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase eyes connects the lines.
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- summary of Beef Tea;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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