This is an analysis of the poem Grilled Tofu (Soiled Beans) that begins with:

Fed to feed on a series,
Of back to back factless......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXaXbcacdXXXa eX Xbd X XfXcecf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,2,3,1,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010 010110 1100010 1010 10101001 111101 0110101 00111100 111001 0111 001000 01000110 110 01011 11 01010 1 11101 1110001 11100111 001 01010 0111 11110101 0100 111101 0101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • 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:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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  • summary of Grilled Tofu (Soiled Beans);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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