This is an analysis of the poem Flavor Fed That Feeds Defeating that begins with:
Gifts you were given are gone.
What did you do that was wrong....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCB ABCB dbXc ddeX ABCB AEAE AEAE B AEAE B BBB B BBB B ABBBCB BBBXB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,1,4,1,3,1,3,1,6,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101011 1011111 01101101 001111011 1101011 1011111 01101101 001111011 11110101101 0110010 110101011 11011110100 11110101001 111001011 1101110 00100111011 1101011 1011111 01101101 001111011 1101011 1111110 1101011 1001110 1101011 1111110 1101011 1001110 010111010 1101011 1111110 1101011 1001110 010111010 11101010 11101010 11101010 010111010 11101010 11101010 11101010 010111010 1101011 11101010 1011111 11101010 01101101 001111011 11101010 11101010 11101010 010111010
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, and, want, to, miss, beating are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The author used the same words gifts, your at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines beating is repeated).
The poet repeated the same words long, savor at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Flavor Fed That Feeds Defeating;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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