This is an analysis of the poem At The Feast that begins with:
EVOLVING, changing, onwards still we press--
We must advance, invent, construct, possess; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaba ccdc eeXe ffXX ddXd eede ddgd hhch Xbgb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101010111 1101011001 1101011101 1101010111 01001100010 0101010101 1101010111 11110100010 1111110101 1101010101 10011101010 0111110101 1111011101 0100111101 1111010101 1111010101 1111010101 1111110111 1011010111 11110011101 1111010101 1111011111 1001111101 1111010101 11110100101 0100101101 10110001010 10111110101 1101011101 11011111011 11010101010 1111010101 1101001001 1101110111 11010101010 1101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; we, be, and, to, for are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words how, and, when, oh, can, for are repeated.
The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).
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- summary of At The Feast;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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