This is an analysis of the poem Afternoon Tea that begins with:
As I was saying . . . (No, thank you; I never take cream with my tea;
Cows weren't allowed in the trenches -- got out of the habit, y'see.)...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbcXbbaadd bbXXeeffgg hhbbXXddiijj kXbbkkXlkkbbkk ddkkhhllmmfXmm hXaakkbbggccffbbkXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,10,12,14,14,20,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111011111011011 1100100101100101 1111011011101001 1011011101110111001001 111011011111101001 111101101010111101100 11011011011011011 111111010111101001 11101001011001011 11101011011111001 1101011001101011 1101001010100111 11111001001001011 1111100111011001 00101111010100101001 11111101010011101011 111111101101011 1101100111001101 1101110101111001 111101011101101 0111011011001101 1101011010111101 010111111011011 11100101010111001 11100001011111001 1011010100101 111100111001001 111010010101010110 11101100111110111 1101000001010100101 1110111101111011 10011101111001 1101101000101101 0111101101101001 10101111011101011 110110101101101010 111011101111011 10010110110101 111110011011011001 111011111011001001 1110110111111010100100 101101101001110101 11110100111100101 1101001011010111 11111011010111111 110110010111101011 111010011111001011 11011000111011001 110010101101001 011011100100101 11111110101111 11101011111011 1111001111001011 11011011101001001 11111110100110001 0110111001101111 11011001011111001 11100110111011001 1010110011110111 001101001001001010 11101001111101101 11111001111111011 0101110111101111 110110010110100100 11110110101011011 110110110101001101 110111010101111 1101010101011001001 1111111101101011 1110101010110111 10110101010100101 111111001011101001 110011110101101011 1110110101111101 0101111111101101 1110010011111010011 1111110101101111 11011111111101111 1111011011101111 10100111101110101010 1111111111111001 110011101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 968
- Average number of words per stanza: 186
- Amount of lines: 82
- Average number of symbols per line: 70 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 14
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, of, and, he, free, on, to, like, we, as, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, free, i are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines things is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase free connects the lines.
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- summary of Afternoon Tea;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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