This is an analysis of the poem There Is A Lumping In Their Throats that begins with:

Trust dusted.
Lusts of all kinds, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABACCded EFFFgEFFF XhiX edjbh ceeXb EFFFgEFFF ggacg ABACCbbXaigEFFFgEFFgFgfgj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,4,5,5,9,5,25,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 1011 11010 1010011 110101 10101010 11110 1110 10010011 11110101 1101 0101 1 10010011 11110101 1101 0101 1011100 10110010 11010101 10101010 101011111 10111110 1010100101 111101 01010 10010101 11011 1011 10101 1010101 10010011 11110101 1101 0101 1 10010011 11110101 1101 0101 111111001 101011100011 1111101 10100111 1101011 110 1011 11010 1010011 110101 011111001 11111101 101000101 100101 1 10010011 11110101 1101 0101 1 10010011 11110101 1101 1 0101 1 1111 1 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 69
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they is repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of There Is A Lumping In Their Throats;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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