This is an analysis of the poem Picture Dealer that begins with:

There were twin artists A. and B.
Who painted pictures two,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXcaX cdcdefef bgbgcccc cccceaea hahahihi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110011 110101 1100110 110101 01010010 011010001 11010101 110110100 11101001 110101 01011101 110101 11111101 010101 01110001 110111 11011101 1100010 11011111 1101010 00111101 010101 11110101 101101 11101101 010011 11010101 1100101 01010111 101101 01001101 010111 11001101 111111 01010011 110101 11001101 110101 11010111 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, what are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.

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

  • summary of Picture Dealer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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