This is an analysis of the poem At Utter Loaf that begins with:

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An afternoon as ripe with heat... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a babaX X cddcaX X eeeeXee X bcbcffX a gXXgagaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,1,6,1,7,1,7,1,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11011101 11010100 01000111 01100101 11010100 1 01011101 11100111 01010101 11010111 01011101 10011100 1 01110101 011010111 11010101 01011101 11011101 11000011 11110101 1 11111101 01110101 11010001 11000101 01011111 01111111 10110100 1 11111101 11011111 01010100 11000101 11011101 11111011 111000111 10111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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