This is an analysis of the poem What Is Brought To This Table that begins with:

What is brought to this table
Is experience....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXbcXdcefefdXXacbgcdXgXXggfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 31,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010010 00100 111111 00100111 111 1110110 11 101001011 11110 0111101 111111 11110101 101111101 11010111111 110 010101111000 0111011 11101011000010 1111 01111100010 101111110 111111101 11101101010 11101101101010 111100111011 11 11011110 011000010111 11111 010010111 1111010010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1004
  • Average number of words per stanza: 188
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, my, i are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

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

  • summary of What Is Brought To This Table;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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