This is an analysis of the poem The Discreet Collector that begins with:
Down south there is a curio-shop
Unknown to many men;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcD ececedeD adadfdfd bfbfcdcd cgcghdhd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111001001 010101 10110101 111101 01011101 111101 11011101 111011 1010101001 010001 11010011 110101 110101001 010101 01110111 111011 11110101 111111 01010111 100101 111100111 011101 11110101 111011 11110101 101101 11110111 100101 01111101 010101 11110111 111011 01010111 110101 11011101 111111 11011111 111111 11010001 0101001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 243
- Average number of words per stanza: 48
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; there, and, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word where is repeated.
The poet repeated the same word tell at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Discreet Collector;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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