This is an analysis of the poem Clearance Sale that begins with:
For what the Jews have not sold,
what neither nobility nor crime have tasted, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabc acdeX cccc eeXf cXbd XeeX cXafe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,4,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101111 110010011110 10010101 1000101000010 1101110110101001 010010001101010100 111010010100101000101 100101101110011 1110110110110100101011001 1011010 111001010 00100101011101 1000110101110 111001010101 10010100010 1011010 101011 110101001010 10010010100 0100111010 0100010 11100101010010 01010001 101001011001 10101010101 11010010 00101010001 1101001 1011101011 00011011001010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; what, any, for, and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, and are repeated.
The author used the same word for at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Clearance Sale;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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