This is an analysis of the poem Dispensed that begins with:
They have been feasting with a feeding.
Even at the expense, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABACX DEX FG fHX FG ABACX DEcXfHX XdacccaXafiiX ABACX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,3,2,3,2,5,7,13,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110100010 101001 010111 10101001 10101100 111 0100100 101011 10110101 010101 1011001101 1101 01100000 10110101 010101 110100010 101001 010111 10101001 10101100 111 0100100 10101 1 0111001101 1101 01100000 101010 101111 111100110 1010100001 11101 01011 100100010 010011 010100010 101001001 1001 1011 00101 110100010 101001 010111 10101001 10101100
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; they is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.
The author used the same word they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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