This is an analysis of the poem After They Have Been Fed that begins with:

No duty calls,
To perpetuate an influx......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc aabXd bcba bdca baecebX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,5,4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 00101111 001001 1101101 01000101 1001010010 1010001 01000100 11000100100 0110100001 01010100 00101010 010101 1001000100 100101 1010101010101 1 00011 01011101 11101101001 1110101 001001 10110111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 144
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

    The author used the same word no at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of After They Have Been Fed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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