This is an analysis of the poem Lobster For Lunch that begins with:

His face was like a lobster red,
His legs were white as mayonnaise:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXX cdcdeX eeeefX gegegX hfhfii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01110101 01011101 1010101011 11000101 101111101 010101110 11011011 11110100 11111111 1101001 11110001 111101110 11110001 01010111 1010101011 101101101 11010101 0111010100 11111111 11111111 01010111 11110101 11110111 11010100 11011101 01110101 01111101 11010101 11110101 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words his, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of Lobster For Lunch;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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