This is an analysis of the poem Blue Island Intersection that begins with:

Six streets come together here.
They feed people and wagons into the center. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaabXXcb dXbaaeecd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1110101 111011000010 011111001011 10101001011010 11011111011 010110111110 110011111 00101001011 111111 001110101 10110101011011 1011001011101 001110111010 1111111 00011111 0110110111 00100101111 01110010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 412
  • Average number of words per stanza: 77
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, the are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines rest is repeated).

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  • summary of Blue Island Intersection;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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