This is an analysis of the poem Midnight In The Pantry that begins with:

You can boast your round of pleasures, praise the sound of popping corks,
Where the orchestra is playing to the rattle of the forks;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccccddccXdXXcceeffcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111110101010101 101000100010001 111010101111001 111010100011111 111110101010101 1110101000101001 111011101011011 101111101111101 101001101110101 101010101110001 111010100111011 111010101010001 111010111010101 111110101110101 111010101111101 101011101110101 111011101110101 101001101111111 1111101010101010 1010101010111010 11110110001001 101011101011101 101010111110101 101010100010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1472
  • Average number of words per stanza: 286
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 60 (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; of, my, when, i, to, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Midnight In The Pantry;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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