This is an analysis of the poem Feeding Upon False Information To Feast that begins with:

Everyday I pray,
With a thankfulness I have been blessed......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDEF ggXcXb aagce gXhX hbfbXABCDEF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,5,4,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10111 001001101 001101010001 1111010001011 101111001011101 00101000110 10101110111 111100101101 00110100101110 0010111000011101 00010010101011010 1011101 11011001 0110100011101 111011101 0111110111 111010101001001 1101100100100001 111010110000 1111101111100 111001111101 1110111110100 0110011011001 111011110001 01010000101010000 10111 001001101 001101010001 1111010001011 101111001011101 00101000110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Feeding Upon False Information To Feast;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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