This is an analysis of the poem Candy Man that begins with:
Who can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dew
Cover it in chocolate and a miracle or two...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaBCD eebBCD ffgg hhbCD Xd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,4,5,2,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11101110001 1000101010011 010101011 010110110001 110110 11101110001 10001110100001 0101 010101011 010110110001 110110 1010110111 10101010 10111110 11101010 11101110001 1010101011101 01011010101011 010110110001 110110 10111 10101101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; man, it, candy, can are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
The author used the same word who at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word good at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Candy Man;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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