This is an analysis of the poem Clare Market that begins with:

In the market of Clare, so cheery the glare
Of the shops and the booths of the tradespeople there;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccccaa ddcccceeaa ffcceeccaa gghhcceeaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 00100111001 001101001001 111001101001 01011101001 101111101011 11001111001 101101110011 11001101001 11110111001 01001001001 01111001001 11101011001 11001001001 001001001011 11011101101 11101001001 11001101101 11101001101 11110111101 111011001001 101111001001 01101001011 11011101101 111011101001 101011101011 101011101001 101111001001 11011011011 11001001101 01001001001 111001111001 01011011001 111001101001 11011001001 01111101001 01111001001 111011111001 11111011101 101011011101 111010001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 476
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, of, for, he, and are repeated.

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

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