This is an analysis of the poem It Is Amazing What We Buy To Eat that begins with:

It is amazing what we buy to eat.
And feed upon to treat....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbXcXX XcaccXbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0001011101 110101 1000010 01010010 10100100 01111 0100010 01010101 000101100101 110101 0010101 111010100010 1111010 010010100 00101 1110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of It Is Amazing What We Buy To Eat;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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