This is an analysis of the poem Window Shopper that begins with:
I stood before a candy shop
Which with a Christmas radiance shone;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdeceX efefagaghghX hehebebXididbcbccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,18,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010101 100101001 11110111 01111111 01010101 11110101 01010101 10110101 11111111 10010011 010010101 11011101 11111101 11111111 11010101 01010101 11110011 01111111 01001101 0101111 01001111 01011111 01110011 10111011100 11111101 01110101 11110101 1011111011 11111101 11010101 11110001 111101110 11111101 01001111 01110101 11110100 11111011 10011101 11010111 11001111 11010101 1101011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 492
- Average number of words per stanza: 90
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- 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, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, your, more are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Window Shopper;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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