This is an analysis of the poem A Pot Of Tea that begins with:
You make it in your mess-tin by the brazier's rosy gleam;
You watch it cloud, then settle amber clear;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcXcd dedeaaXd XXXXfffdfd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,10,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11001111010101 1101110101 11001101110101 0101000101 11011101010011 11010100111101 01111100110101 1101110101 11110101110101 1111010101 11010101010111 0111110101 01101000110101 110110101110101 11111000010010 1101110101 11010111111100 1101010010 11010111010101 1111010010 01010101011101 10111111010101 01111101110101 1101010101 01110100010111 11101010001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 472
- Average number of words per stanza: 89
- Amount of lines: 26
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, it, and, to, of, i've are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word tea at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of A Pot Of Tea;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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