This is an analysis of the poem Continued - Ii that begins with:

Oracle of the market! thence you drew
The taste which stamped you guide of the inept. -... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXaabbacbdbcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1000010111 0111110001 0111010110 0101010111 11111111001 0110000111 10010101001 11001110111 1101000101 11101110111 0101110101 1101010101 11010011111 1110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 606
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of Continued - Ii;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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