This is an analysis of the poem The Last Supper that begins with:
Marie Vaux of the Painted Lips,
And the mouth so mocking gay,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Ababcccb aA Ababdddb aA AbaabaabXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,2,8,2,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01100101 1011101 010100101 111101 010111101 10111101 11010101 1000111 10110101 01100101 01100101 111111 11111101 101101 11111101 11111101 10110101 1101101 1010111101 01100101 01100101 111111 11110101 110110101 1011101 110110101 11010101 111101 111001001 01100101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 166
- Average number of words per stanza: 33
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; for, we, pray are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words marie, pray are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines for, lips, again, us are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase pray connects the lines.
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- summary of The Last Supper;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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