This is an analysis of the poem I Like That Bite Of Edgar's that begins with:

I like that bite of Edgar's.
That one that takes flight in the night....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbaXbAXcdbdebbecaAcaaXfagXXhbfiih gg faXccfdXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 33,2,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010 11111001 01110 1001011 11010111 1111010 010101001 0011110 00111011 101010101 0100100100 010101 1001001101 01011 111001 1001101 11 1111010 10101 101010101 101 001 1100010 11110101 1111 1101001 010011110 110111 000101 11 1101110 10 00110001 10000 10101 1111001 1110001000 110100011 1010010 111011001 00101000101011 1100010110101 11000101111000 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 317
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines knocking is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase knocking connects the lines.

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  • history of its creation;
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