This is an analysis of the poem Bread And Jam that begins with:
I wish I was a poet like the men that write in books
The poems that we have to learn on valleys, hills an' brooks;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc ddeecc ffddcc ggeehh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 11110101011101 01011101110111 11011101111101 11010100011101 01010100010111 11010101010111 11110101110101 11010101010001 110100111100101 01111101110101 11110101110101 11110111010111 11010101110101 11010101111101 11010101011101 11010101010101 11010101100101 01110101010111 11110100010011 11010111110111 110101011101001 11110101101101 11010110010101 01111111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 349
- Average number of words per stanza: 70
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 57 (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; an', that, i'd, to, of, or, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i'd, an', i are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word jam at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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