This is an analysis of the poem Bought And Sold that begins with:
Bought and sold.
Bought, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbA ACBB AADB XeaA bAAXeXA AADB ACBB FAA FAA FAAAAbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,4,4,7,4,4,3,3,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111 1 11 111 1011011 110101 1010101 111 1101101 110101 1100101 110101001 1101001 1 111 1 11 111 11010101 10111001 00 111 111 1101101 110101 1100101 111 1011011 110101 1010101 1101011101011100 001 1111 1101011101011100 111 1111 1101011101011100 001 1111 111 1111 1 01
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 99
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 43
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; bought, and, sold are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word bought is repeated.
The author used the same words bought, too at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines sold is repeated).
The poet repeated the same words sold, told at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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