This is an analysis of the poem The Charge Of The Bread Brigade that begins with:
Half a loaf, half a loaf,
Half a loaf? Urn-hum?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaabccXB ddXdeeXb aaaBffX ggXXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,7,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101101 10111 110101 100110 101101 101101 110101 10110 110101 111101 1001101 10110 110101 110101 10110 10110 100100 100100 110100 10110 111111 111101 10110 101101 011101 10010 101101 110100 10011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; half, loaf, of, 'em are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words half, theirs, plenty are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines 'em, all are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word million at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Charge Of The Bread Brigade;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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