This is an analysis of the poem Breakfast that begins with:

Of all the meals that glad my day
My morning one's the best;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbaba cdcdbaba babaeaea
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011111 110101 01110101 010001 11110101 110001 01000101 010111 11011101 111011 01110111 100101 1101011 010111 11110110 110111 11111101 010001 11010101 011111 11011101 111001 11010101 110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 227
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Breakfast;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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