This is an analysis of the poem What Is Bought To Sell that begins with:

No one is going to use against me,
What I have done with a knowledge......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcddeXcfc Xgfecghc f egddcgcX X fXXhXeXabfefeagXg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,8,1,8,1,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101001011 11110010 101 010110100 00011101100 110010 11100010101 1100111101 1010100 11101001 1110101 001001111111 1101010001 010100100010010001 1010011101101 11110101100 01110010010 1010001010100101 1101 101010110010101 100111000001100001 10010000100100100 001010101110100 100100101100101 1101001001010 1110001 101010101100 1111011111 0110 11101101 1110011 1011010 1101101 1101 1111111 01 10001 111 1101010 001111 0110111101010 1111011101 101010010001001 011011010010 110111110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 292
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of What Is Bought To Sell;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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