This is an analysis of the poem Horses To Market that begins with:

In the little town, now
Is dust and smell and crowd...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXdXd aeXeXaXa dfbfddcd XgcfdeXeXge
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001011 011111 011010 10101 0100110 110001 11010101 010101 1101011 010101 1010101 10001 111101 1111 101100 0100101 110010101 1100111 11010101 010101 0110101 110101 11111 10001 11011101 110111 1000100 111101 110110 11100001 11010101 10101 01010110 110011101 100001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 234
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, wheels, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

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