This is an analysis of the poem Commercial that begins with:
Gross, with protruding ears,
Sleek hair, brisk glance, fleshy and yet alert,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb dXef Xbbb fada dfgf hgXg gXXX giciXechc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 100101 1111101101 111101 10010001001001 11101010 001001011110 100101 010111000100 010111 10111111001 101001 001010110111 1111110 1001010111 11111 110100101111 101011 1101010110100 101101 001101001010100 1001111 1010101001 110101 010001100101 1101001 11100101111 1100011 1001001011100 111001 10110100111 001011 110111101101 00100111 11011110101 111000 0101011110101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; and, all, of, be are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase all connects the lines.
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- summary of Commercial;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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