This is an analysis of the poem Let Them Have Their Tea With Crumpets that begins with:

Let them have their tea with crumpets.
Sound the trumpets, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XABBC dcdcbde dXfff XcXf XABBCeeX cXX XeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,5,4,8,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111010 1010 111100101 1010010010 11010110100 1 10001000100 11 01011100 011101 01001 110100100 1111100111 10011100 1101101 010100 0010001001 011110 001001 11111 10110100 10111010 1010 111100101 1010010010 11010110100 1010100 101010100 0111101 10101 1100100 1101001 1 101000100 1101010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

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

  • summary of Let Them Have Their Tea With Crumpets;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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