This is an analysis of the poem Halsted Street Car that begins with:
Come you, cartoonists,
Hang on a strap with me here ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb cc cXa cXc XXXccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,3,3,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010 1101011 110100010 101011 1110 11110 10110111010 1110011001 11011001011 11110 01011100 0101010 10111 0011 1111 10 10010 1001
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 92
- Average number of words per stanza: 17
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Halsted Street Car;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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