This is an analysis of the poem Food, Clothes And Drink that begins with:

WHAT is food for, anyway?
Just to keep us through the day...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccabddeeee abXXffeegghhff abiijjkklljjmm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 1011101 1111101 1010111 1001111 1011101 1010101 1111101 1111101 1110101 1010101 1111101 1011011 1110100 1111101 1010111 1011100 1111011 1011111 1111101 1011101 1111101 10101011 1100101 1010101 0110111 1110101 1011101 1011101 1011111 1010111 0011111 0010111 11101011 10010011 1010101 1000101 0110111 0110111 1011101 1111101 0110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 431
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words that, it, will are repeated.

    The author used the same word what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Food, Clothes And Drink;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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