This is an analysis of the poem Impression De Nuit ( London ) that begins with:

See what a mass of gems the city wears
Upon her broad live bosom! row on row ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cadcda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101010101 0101110111 10110011001 1111010101 01001101011 0101010101 10010001011 0111010101 1011111101 11011111110 1111110101 1101100101 1001111111 1111111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 322
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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