This is an analysis of the poem The Flavor Of Sham that begins with:
The flavor of sham,
Continues to be high on the list......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabXc caabc bdcdXX cceeXXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,6,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 01001 010001101 011101000 0010110 10110101 1101110101 010111101000 111011100100 111110 010001101101010 101001010101 011010001101 0010010 11010110101 1010110 0101010100 1010010010101 10001001100010 1100101111 1101010001101001 001111010100 0010001011111 1010010011110001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 246
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 23
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; and, to, of are repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Flavor Of Sham;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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