This is an analysis of the poem Gotham - Book I that begins with:

Far off (no matter whether east or west,
A real country, or one made in jest,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbaaccddaaddeeddffggbbcchhiiaabbjjkkllmmmmddkkggggjjjjmmkkmmffmmddccggggeeffggaakkbbddaaddddllnnkkddhhddkkMMOOOOhhjjffaahhddmXmmggggaabbggaaaaddggddnnppddMMOOOOaabbddddggnnqqaacchhkkaahhjjkkffkkffXXaaaaddddmmllaajjccXeddkkggoohhddhhMMOOOOkKkkaaffrXmmb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 500,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1111010111 011011101 11110100001 1111010001 1111010111 1101011101 0111101101 11000101011 0101010101 0101011101 1010100101 0101000101 1101010101 1101011101 01010110001 0010010101 0110001101 0101101101 0101010101 0111101101 1111010101 1101011101 1101000101 1001001101 1101011101 10001011111 1101110111 1101110101 0111111101 0101010101 0101010111 1101011101 1001000101 1101001101 1101011101 010100011 0101010101 01010111101 1011110101 1101000101 01110101010 10010111010 1011111101 1101010101 11010011111 01001110001 1011001101 0111010101 1100010101 1101010111 0101011101 1101110111 1001001101 1101011101 111100101 1001010101 0110110101 0111010111 1001110001 0101010101 0111010111 11110010101 1111110111 1111111101 1111010101 1111110111 1011010101 1101111101 1011010011 1111010111 1111010101 11010101001 1100111101 1100100111 0101010101 0101011101 1011110101 1001010101 1011010101 1100111111 0101010101 1111111101 1111101101 0101011101 11110111001 1101010101 1100010101 1101110101 1101110101 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  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 22456
  • Average number of words per stanza: 3997
  • Amount of lines: 500
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of, and, he, she, no, those, his, on, though, day, voice, in, for, her, who, all, with, same, by are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words nor, of, to, who, in, his, no, her, those, impatient, though, the, would, he, when are repeated.

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  • summary of Gotham - Book I;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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