This is an analysis of the poem Bread And Wine that begins with:

A cup of opal
Through which there glows ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcbXbXcdcdeXefgfgXhXh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010 1111 01001 01001 101001 10101 10101 00111 101001 00101 1111 01101 10001 11101 0111 10101 01011 10110 111001 00111 111111 01111 01001 10111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 545
  • Average number of words per stanza: 106
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of Bread And Wine;
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  • history of its creation;
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