This is an analysis of the poem The Barter Boom that begins with:
Now, since man became a martyr
To this economic stress,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXacaaXc aacddceebffb gegeaXaaaX aabXhbiibhhX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,12,10,12,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101010 0010101 11101010 0010100 10100010 0110111 10111110 00100110 00100010 011 11111010 11101110 10101010101 10101010 10101010 10101110101 10101010 10101010 101011100001 11101010 10011110 10101011111 10100110 1010111 11101000 0010111 10100010 1111101 10001010 10111110 10101010 1001101 11111010 11101010 0101010101 11010100 11101010 101110101001 10101010 00111010 11101010001 11101110 10101010 101110010100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 359
- Average number of words per stanza: 64
- Amount of lines: 44
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Barter Boom;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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