This is an analysis of the poem The Broken-Teapot that begins with:

Mum's bit of egg money on the mantelpiece
In the broken teapot in the olden days,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabbacc cbddbee afggfcc Xehheii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11011010100 00101100101 1011101 1100101 1010101110101 110101110101 111011010001 1010100110100 1101010111 0010100 0011101 10011010111 100010110101 10111011101 1010111010101 1101110101 11010111 1111111 01011111010101 1010101110101 01010101111101 11101101010100 111011111101 11010100 11111101 010100101111111 11010101001001 11010100110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 318
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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

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