This is an analysis of the poem A London Thoroughfare. 2 A.M. that begins with:
They have watered the street,
It shines in the glare of lamps, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbcdXaedacbdaXX XbXafabf XeXdef
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111001 0100101 111 11 1011010 101011 1110 1 11010 0101101001 11101010 110101011 0100101100 001011001 110 0101011 100110 011 111 101101 1101010 0011 0111 11010 110010110 1 1011100 1110 1101 100110010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 241
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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