This is an analysis of the poem Potomac Town In February that begins with:

THE BRIDGE says: Come across, try me; see how good I am.
The big rock in the river says: Look at me; learn how to stand up....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Metre: 0111011111011 0110010111111011 01101111011010111 010101111111101111 0100111101110111111010111101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 384
  • Average number of words per stanza: 80
  • Amount of lines: 5
  • Average number of symbols per line: 76 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 16
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; says, i, me are repeated.

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

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