This is an analysis of the poem The Famine And The Feast that begins with:
THE FAMINE
Cackle and lay, cackle and lay!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X AAbbccaa XXAAbbccaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010 10111011 110101101 1001011001 1001101011 1001011001 11001011001 1111001 11101101001 01 10111011 110101101 1001011001 1001101011 1001011001 11011011001 1011001 11101101001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; and, in, none, two are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word none is repeated.
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