This is an analysis of the poem London Poets that begins with:

They trod the streets and squares where now I tread,
With weary hearts, a little while ago; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cdcdcX
  • 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: 1101111111 0101010101 1111010101 1001010101 1101111101 0100010101 101101000111 1111010111 0100110001 1111011100 0100011001 0101010101 1101010101 1111101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • 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; of, to, as are repeated.

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