This is an analysis of the poem Potomac River Mist that begins with:
All the policemen, saloonkeepers and efficiency experts in Toledo
knew Bern Dailey; secretary ten years when Whitlock was mayor....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXabb cXXdXc XX Xad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,2,3,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10010100010100100010 1110101010111110 110111111011111 01011011101010 100 010010010001111 10101001011100100 010111110010110 0111001001101101 110010010011111010010 1001111011010101 11010010101111011011 1001100010011011 0100111101000100100 11100110110101010001 1101101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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- summary of Potomac River Mist;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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