This is an analysis of the poem The Main Ingredient that begins with:

We have learned to excuse,
A stirring up of heat done to do....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdd Xe dfcX eXX ghhg Xe eaddaaaad XXXe eeea dbXfXfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,2,4,3,4,2,9,4,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 111001 010101101 01011111010 000010 1100101101 1110101 11 1101000101010 111110101 1100101 11110001 11101 1 011 11101010100 1110111101 11101 1111000100 111000101 111111110 1101010110 000111001 1101110101 001000101001010 1010010100 10100010010000100 1111001100 01001011001101 1010001 1 01000100 11101 01 100010010100 110110100 0011101010 0101001 1001110101 100111001 1 01101000110 101001010100 11110100101010 111101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; to, as are repeated.

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

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

  • summary of The Main Ingredient;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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