This is an analysis of the poem Beautiful City that begins with:

Beautiful city
Beautiful city, the centre and crater of European confusion,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a XXaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010 1001001011001010010 110110011010110 0100 1101110011011100 101110100100100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • 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.

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  • summary of Beautiful City;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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