This is an analysis of the poem In The Bazaars Of Hyderabad that begins with:

What do you sell O ye merchants ?
Richly your wares are displayed....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcb dadaXa Xedede XfdfdfXdbfbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111110 1011101 10010110 1001001 10010010 1001001 11111110 1011011 11111110 1001011 11111110 1011001 11110110 1011011 11010110 1101011 1001110 1001101 1111110 10100011 11111010 1010011 11111010 11101 111111101 01001011 11010011 1001001 10110110 00101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • 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 speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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