This is an analysis of the poem A Recipe that begins with:
Take a pair of sparkling eyes,
Hidden, ever and anon,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbacbdXbdXbcc efcefcgadgadcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101001 1010110 0010001 1111101 1010100 1010101 1010101 1110101 0110000 1010101 100101000 1000100 1111101 1110011 1010101 1010101 10101001 1000101 0010111 11000001 1011101 1010111 1010101 1110101 1010101 0111101 1110101 1010011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 399
- Average number of words per stanza: 72
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; take, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word take is repeated.
The author used the same word take at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word can at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of A Recipe;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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