This is an analysis of the poem The Kaiser's Feast that begins with:
The Kaiser feasted in his hall,
The red wine mantled high;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXcdcd dddd bdbd ededdfdX gggg hbhb ijijgjgj Xhfh jijX bgbgckck djdj egeX lflfafff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,4,8,4,4,8,4,4,8,4,4,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010001 011101 100100101 0010100 110011101 0010101 101010011 1010111 11110101 010101 11000111 110101 0101111 1010101 11010101 111111 1101000101 110111 101101001 1011001 11110111 1000101 101010111 010101 11010101 111111 11010011 011101 11010111 110101 11111101 110101 11011101 101111 11000101 100111 11011101 011111 11111101 111101 10110111 1011010 11100101 0111010 11110111 110101 10111111 101100 11111111 111111 10011110 111110 10101111 010011 11010111 010001 11010101 111001 11110101 110111 11010011 110101 110110111 111111 0111111 010101 10010111 110001 1010100101 110101 110110111 1010111
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 72
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; his is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
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- summary of The Kaiser's Feast;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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