This is an analysis of the poem Ode On The Mammoth Cheese that begins with:

We have seen the Queen of cheese,
Laying quietly at your ease, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbbX aaaa acac aaXa Xddd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101 10100111 1011101 1111111 1101111 0010101 0001011001 00100010 110010101 11010101 000100111 111000101 11101011 11111010 010111111 0111110 0010101 11001101 11111111 11111101 11010010 11011011 1110101 01011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 137
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; as, of are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Ode On The Mammoth Cheese;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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