This is an analysis of the poem A Culinary Puzzle that begins with:

In our dainty little kitchen,
Where my aproned wife is queen... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabacdcD aecefdfD Xdgdgdbd dhahgXfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101010 11100101 10101110 0010101 11101010 1110111 11111010 1111000 10001110 010111 101110100 001000101 10101010 1010101 11101010 1111000 11101110 1010111 10101110 1110111 00101110 1011111 11111010 1011000 10111011 011111 11111010 1010001 10101011 1011100 11101110 1010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 254
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; her is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word be at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of A Culinary Puzzle;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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