This is an analysis of the poem Bread And Gravy that begins with:
There's a heap o' satisfaction in a chunk o' pumpkin pie,
An' I'm always glad I'm livin' when the cake is passin' by;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbccddbbXXeebbffbbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101110100011101 101110101010101 1111100110110110 111110101011111 1111101011101001 110111101110111 11010101111101 10110101110011 111110101110111 111011100110011 101011101110001 001011101110111 1010001101001111 1101010111011101 111011101111101 11110101110101 11111101010111 101111101110111 101011101111101 101111101001101 001110101010101 101010101010011 101001101110101 111111101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1479
- Average number of words per stanza: 289
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 61 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i'm, an', i've are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an', i've are repeated.
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- summary of Bread And Gravy;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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