This is an analysis of the poem The Feeding Of Their Greed Has Ceased that begins with:
Who are they that sit,
With pouting lips......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abb cXX a dde fgbgbX eba XfcaecaX cb XceXXX ggecX XaeeX aXeb XXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,1,3,6,3,8,2,6,5,5,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111 0101 111 1101011100 11101 110101001 11111010101000 11011100 101001 101001001 1111011111 111000101 0011101 0110111 10101 111111 1101110 1010100 111100101 1 111011101 1101101 1111011 01001101 0101 11010010 101011100100 11111010110 010111000001001 1 10011101111101 10 1011101010 11111101 111001010001011 1 1 11101 111001010101010 111011 100 1100101 010001011 101100011010 00111 01001111 110110010 011000101 101111111 1 010 011100000100 0001
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 130
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 53
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
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 The Feeding Of Their Greed Has Ceased;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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