This is an analysis of the poem London that begins with:
The gorgeous stream of England's wealth goes by,
Mixed with the mud and refuse, as of old —... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXabba cdcddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 0101010111 1001101101 0101010111 1111110100 1011010101 1101110101 1111011101 11110100101 1101010110 1101111101 1101010001 1101001111 0101110101 01110111001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 308
- Average number of words per stanza: 54
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of London;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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