This is an analysis of the poem In The Midst Of The Shopper's Climax Season that begins with:

We are in the beginning stages,
Of the shopper's climax season....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aB aaXa acadc Xefe g bdBcc cffaff dXhXgXiccX Xci caeeihXiadf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,4,5,4,1,5,6,10,3,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110001010 00101110 01001 00100101 11011000 10101110 1010101 011 0111011 00101101 11011001 10011110 1001011001 01101 0011110 11001001 010 11001 00101110 011111111 00011010 11101 1010100101 1010001 1011 0011111101 101010101 111111 1111001 1 11000 0111100111 11011100 101001 0101010111 111110001001 101 11011101 1111 1101 0011010 110101 111110 101010 001111101 111011010111 11100101 10111 11110101 01101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; to is repeated.

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

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  • summary of In The Midst Of The Shopper's Climax Season;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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