This is an analysis of the poem The Bangle Sellers that begins with:

Bangle sellers are we who bear
Our shining loads to the temple fair......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcc bbddcc eeffaa XXbbgg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101111 110100101 10111001 11101001 101001001 110101101 11110101 101110101 11110111 1010100111 110110111 0010100111 11110111 110110101 1101001010 11001001010 1001001011 1010101101 111011101 1111101111 111101111 1101110101 110110101 1100110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 240
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    The author used the same word some 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 The Bangle Sellers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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