This is an analysis of the poem Storming In Tea-Cups that begins with:

“a cup of tea is not a cup of tea. . .
when you make it at twilight,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc defg eecg XXXb fagg Xga gXde fg X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,4,4,3,4,2,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010101 1110111 111 100110 101 10010 101001 11001 011101 11111 10000100010 1110010 10101011 01010101 101101001 1110010 1101101 001111 101011010 11100001 0110010001 100010001001 10101 11010 010101011 101100 11010 011001 110010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 88
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, and, of are repeated.

    The author used the same word as 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 Storming In Tea-Cups;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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