This is an analysis of the poem Peddling Round The World that begins with:
When at first in foreign parts
Was her flag unfurled,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abABcDedBBABfghgaidIIIci bjkjblXLbLbl gbbbbbMBBBMB ddcdncfCCCXC baeagbhBBBhB cncnnXCBBBCbkjcjnDfdDDfd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,12,12,12,12,24,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101 10101 1010101 100101 1010101 10111 10000101 11111 100101 100101 1010101 100101 1010101 11111 1010101 1100 1010101 10101 1110101 10100 10100 10100 1011101 10100 1010011 11101 1010101 00101 1111111 10101 0111111 10101 1010111 10101 1111101 11001 1110101 10111 1010111 010101 1010101 10111 1010101 100101 100101 100101 1010101 100101 1011101 10101 1110101 10101 1010001 10101 1011111 10101 10101 10101 1010100 10101 1001111 10111 1010101 10101 10000101 10101 1010101 100101 100101 100101 1010101 100101 1010111 00111 1011101 11100 1010101 111110 1110101 100101 100101 100101 1110101 0100101 1111101 11111 1111101 11101 10000101 10111 1110101 011111 11111 11111 1010101 011111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 423
- Average number of words per stanza: 79
- Amount of lines: 97
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; peddling, round, world, queen, elizabeth, you, it, quick, on, king, of, spain, all, around, and, as, things, we, ll, make, at, home are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words peddling, queen, better, on, england, things are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines world, elizabeth, beard, spain, around, home are repeated).
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- summary of Peddling Round The World;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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