This is an analysis of the poem Eleventh Avenue Racket that begins with:

There is something terrible
about a hurdy-gurdy,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXabXbcba DcCD XDcC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010100 0101010 0101110 10100110 110010011 00111101 101101 11111 11010 11011100 101001 10101 111110101 101001 1010101010111011010111101100110100101110110101001011100100 101001 111101 111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 225
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; de, i are repeated.

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

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  • history of its creation;
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