This is an analysis of the poem Conducted Tour that begins with:

Walk up! Walk up to the Bureaucratic Fair!
All the tasters and the testers and the tallymen are there.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd ecacefbf ebdbXbXb aaddXXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11110010101 101010101010011 101110100010101 001010101010101 11110010111 111010101110101 11010100110101 1110101011111 1110101010101010 11101010101 1110101011000101 101101100111 1110111011101010 10100010101 1110101010101010 00101010101 111011111101000 111010101101 10100011110101 11100010101 01111010100101010 100101010101 1110101010101010 1010111101 11110010101 101010100010011 101010101011001 111010101010101 11110101010011 11010100011101 11111101010101 11101010111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 442
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • 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; and, tax, he, all are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word come at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Conducted Tour;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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