This is an analysis of the poem This Bread I Break that begins with:

This bread I break was once the oat,
This wine upon a foreign tree...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaab cdccd adeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 01111101 01010101 1001 10011111 101110101 100110101 10011101 1001 01110001 11011011 01110111 11010001 0111 100100111 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in is repeated.

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

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  • summary of This Bread I Break;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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