This is an analysis of the poem The Seed Market that begins with:

Can you find another market like this?
Where,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abccbdaXdXdbXefdgfhXgXXiihaegc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101010 1 0111 111100110 1 111 101100 1111 0011 1010 01001001 111101 1110011 1100010 1010 011010101 10110 010001 0101010010 001100010 10101011010 101110 111 1010 01011101 101010 010 001101110 1101110 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 733
  • Average number of words per stanza: 138
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, no are repeated.

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  • summary of The Seed Market;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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