This is an analysis of the poem Traded Souls that begins with:

Traded souls.
Victims, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AaXXbacb AdXeeXCade dfgchhafaeegbadadaXAaaCccde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,10,27,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101 10 001010100 010010 010001010100 01111 101 01000 101 10100101 1100110 001 110010 01111 100001 111010 0110010 001 010001 1000101010 0111010 1 1010010 011010 00101 010010 10100100 1010101 101010101 01010011 10100 01011100 1100 1101001 01110 101101 101 01001010 01111 100001 11000010 111110 101000 10100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 260
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Traded Souls;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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