This is an analysis of the poem I Have Got Lost In The City Of Love that begins with:

I have got lost in the city of love,
I am being cleansed, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXbbXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111001001 11101 01011011 111 11110110110111 1011101 1100101101 110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 269
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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