This is an analysis of the poem Ending Of The Feast that begins with:
How can one tell a people,
Accustomed to feasting......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCD eXd eXXd ed ABCD FDC dXe XbeXdd ABCD FDCXX XX cgXacfegafbe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,2,4,3,3,6,4,5,2,12,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111010 010010 010001 010001101 101011011 00110 0110101 0010011 10100101 1001100010 1 0110111 010001 1111010 010010 010001 010001101 11 011 11 0111010 0001000101 1 10100111000 010010101 101101 00100101010 10010 101 1111010 010010 010001 010001101 11 011 11 1011011 001001 11101110 1100110111 1100 0010101 1100010 1 1111 10111010 1 010 1 100011111 101010
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 51
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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; their is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, on are repeated.
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- summary of Ending Of The Feast;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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