This is an analysis of the poem The Pedlar that begins with:
Coming up the path behold
A pedlar bent and very old....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabaaccb ddbeEbff ccffXfffg XXhaahbb bifbafXb bieccXeaaXggfbiggfeE
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,9,8,8,20,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 01011101 0111 01100111 0010111 01010101 11010101 0101 1010101 01010111 111101 11011101 100111001 10111 10010111 11111101 11010111 10010110 1110111 11010111 10011 1111101 1001111 1110001 101111 1011101 1111100 1101 1010101 1101111 111 1010001 11110011 1010110 0110100 11101 1111101 1001101 1111101 1111000 110101 1111111 0010110 01101 1010111 1010001 1010100 10111 1111101 11010101 01011011 1001101 111 1110111 1010100 1110101 11110111 110111 1110101 100111001
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Pedlar;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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