This is an analysis of the poem New York At Night that begins with:

A near horizon whose sharp jags
Cut brutally into a sky ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXbbbbb cdcddedee aaaaadadd cdcddfdff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 11000001 01010011 01011100 10111101 11110101 01011101 01010111 111101010101 01110100 01110111 11001100 01110101 11011101 11010001 01010001 11110101 110101010101 11110101 01010001 11110101 11000111 11011110 11110101 01110110 11110101 010011110001 11110111 000101111 01010101 11110001 101000101 110010011 011101111 01010111 010101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 332
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, where are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word of is repeated.

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  • summary of New York At Night;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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