This is an analysis of the poem Munching On Leftover Beliefs that begins with:

The beginning is coming.
The ending has already gone....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabbc cXXaXXdXabbdd XddXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,13,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010010 01010101 1111110 1001001011 0011011001101 11001110101 001101101 1101011100001 110110011 001010111010 11100100100110 101010010110 001 11000100100 10111001 11100101101 101111 10010011011 10 110100111 010010101 011 110100101000 11 10111001011010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 306
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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  • summary of Munching On Leftover Beliefs;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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