This is an analysis of the poem Market Women’s Cries that begins with:

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Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a aabbbccddee a fffggcchhiicggc a jjjhhhhhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,11,1,15,1,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 11111 11011 010010 010110 101110 110110 110010 110101 001101 1010010 111010 10 1101101 111001001 1100111 110110 111010 1001001010 1100101110 11110101 110101001 11111 11001 01001001 110010 010010 11011101 10 0110 1110 1110 10101 101011 11001110110 110111111010 11001001111 11111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; your is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines them is repeated).

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  • summary of Market Women’s Cries;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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