This is an analysis of the poem The City (2) that begins with:
Canst thou not rest, O city,
That liest so wide and fair;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbaB cdcd efef fgfg hihi jkjk XdXd Xece Xlbl emem kbkb cdcdXAbaB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110 111111 110110110 110111 1111010 111111 01110110 010101 111101110 1011101 101001010 1011101 010011011 11101001 110011011 110111 1101110 1101001 1111010 110101 1111110 010111 00101010 110101 1101100 110111 101110110 0010101 01001100 010111 101111010 1010111 1111110 110111 1101111 111101 1011110110 110111 11010110 111101 1111010 010101 1101010 1010101 11010010 1111001 1111010 101101 1111110 111111 110110110 110111
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; thy, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thy, one, and are repeated.
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- summary of The City (2);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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