This is an analysis of the poem Though Humble The Banquet that begins with:
Though humble the banquet to which I invite thee,
Thou'lt find there the best a poor bard can command; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede fbfb gdgd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110010011011 11101011101 110010111011 11101001101 1110110110010 01110001001 1111011010010 11011101001 1110011110010 11001011001 1010011111010 11001001101 10101001001 100101101001 01001001011 1010001111001 110011100110 01100101101 1111010011010 11001011001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 53 (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; which, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word 'tis at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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