This is an analysis of the poem But One Loaf that begins with:
When the disciples crossed the lake
With but one loaf on board;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab XbXb cbcb bdbd efef XbXb ghgh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010101 011111 11001101 010011 01000100 010101 11000111 110101 01110101 111111 10110111 110101 01111001 110101 11110101 111101 11011111 110001 11110001 111101 11011101 1100101 11011100 110101 01011101 110111 01101111 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of But One Loaf;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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