This is an analysis of the poem Petropolis that begins with:
From a fearful height, a wandering light,
but does a star glitter like this, crying?...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaB abaB abXB XXXB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0010101001 1101101010 01011001 1101000010 00101101101 1011010 1101101001011 1101000010 010100101 0101100110 110100100 1101000010 010011100101101 010101000100 101111101000 1101000010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 163
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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 Petropolis;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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