This is an analysis of the poem Love's Marketing that begins with:

Along the lanes from market
Folk went by:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdece bfdXghhX aeXegfXX XcbccXhX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101010 111 1010101 101 11011 1101 1110101 1001 11111 00101 11111 111 100101 101 101101 111 11011 1101 10100100 0111 101011 100101 111111 111 11110 111 11110 1101 11011 10110 101101 1110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; for is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word ah is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of Love's Marketing;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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