This is an analysis of the poem Metropolitan that begins with:
From the indigo straits to Ossian's seas,
on pink and orange sands washed by the vinous sky, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcaXcdbaefXXXcXaXaaaeXaXdbXfaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 31,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0010110101 111101110101 10101111011 01000101111100 111110100 10101000010010 0111001011 01010101 110101 110110011 110010101 110111 01011111101 1111001010110100 101011011 10110010111010 11001010101 11010010100010 1101111010 1010001111 110101001111 10101000010010 100001010101100 1101001010101111 111010101 11100101111101 01000101 01010011001 010001111 110110111 1010010010111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1463
- Average number of words per stanza: 230
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; by, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, the are repeated.
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- summary of Metropolitan;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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