This is an analysis of the poem Eating Poetry that begins with:
Ink runs from the corners of my mouth.
There is no happiness like mine....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaX bcX aXd XXd ccb aee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110010011 10110011 11010100 001001101111 0111 111001001 01011 0101 011101011101 1111 111111 01010001010111 111101 1111111101 11 11011 111011 110100101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 93
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, their, i are repeated.
The author used the same word the 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 Eating Poetry;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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