This is an analysis of the poem Outbid that begins with:
When Cupid held an auction sale,
I hastened to his mart,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cded bcXc fghg hXhX bfhX eibi caXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011101 110001 11111111 011101 11010101 0111110 01100111 1111010 11010101 111111 01110101 100101 11110111 111111 11001101 010111 111101 010101 01110111 111111 11011101 111101 11000101 0101010 111110101 010111 11110101 111101 11010111 111111 11011101 111111
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
The author used the same word then at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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 Outbid;
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- critical appreciation.
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