This is an analysis of the poem Edible? that begins with:
You may choose to fool yourself,
With overused semantics....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXaXaXbcaXbbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1110110 0101010 01011010111 0101001 010011111 01001010 100 111 1111 0101 11010 01010001 111110111 01111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 368
- Average number of words per stanza: 63
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (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; to is repeated.
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- summary of Edible?;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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