This is an analysis of the poem Pedlar that begins with:
Pedlar's coming down the street,
Housewives beat a swift retreat....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcdd eeddeeeE ffffccggeE eehhXXee aaaaaacciijjeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,8,10,8,14,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1010101 1110101 1110001 1011101 1010101 1110111 1010101 010011111101 11101111111 1111011111 1011110101 1111011111 1111011101 1111011101 1001111101 1111010011 1101100101 1111011111 1101111101 1111010101 1101011111 1110110101 0101011101 1111111111 1001111101 1111010111 1101011101 1111010011 0101011101 1001010100 11111011 1111110101 1011111101 1010001 1110101 01010111 100100111 101111111 11111101 11100101 01000111 11010111 11010111 11110101 1011111 11110101 110111010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 362
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, i, my, to, their, they, all, her, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word buy at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Pedlar;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
