This is an analysis of the poem The Great Hunger that begins with:

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Clay is the word and clay is the flesh...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcbdefXgcchccaeaigeXijajXjkkllXhXgemeemjmfneceojokpoikikiqfqkidifoaiomXeXeorjjeejfjieXeodsd XtkcgckkbjeeeqXoquuaiiappXokksccs XajamlilXXceccvXddaeXefuauqqevevkekeioieeX XicekegclcofojoikotXkchtefejlccgXirgcbcgkllkckqckXcknekn aeegucwggsgrccooffpcXebbira
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 93,33,42,56,36,23,28,50,51,29,127,65,53,80,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
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  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2316
  • Average number of words per stanza: 437
  • Amount of lines: 766
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, that, he, his, when, in, too, to, three, sitting, on, wooden, gate, said, whatever, came, into, head, new, from, you, it, easy, as, i, peasant, not, no, escape are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, a, and, the, in, sitting, said, he, his, is, if, to are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines gate, head, them, it, do, escape are repeated).

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