This is an analysis of the poem For The Dedication Of The New City Library, Boston that begins with:

PROUDLY, beneath her glittering dome,
Our three-hilled city greets the morn;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cccc bdbd efef ccbc cgcg cXcc hbhb hghg hchcXbdbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 100101001 111010101 11010101 010110111 01010101 010101110 110000101 1101001001 110101001 11011101 01011101 010010101 100101001 11010101 11110101 111100001 10010101 11010111 11010101 110100101 010010101 01010101 10010101 010100101 10011101 1111001000 11110101 110110111 01010101 111101001 110111001 01000101 10110101 11010101 11010101 11010111 11011101 1111101 110101001 11110101 11010101 11010101 10011101 01010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, from, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, from, no are repeated.

    The author used the same word let at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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