This is an analysis of the poem Saint Paul's that begins with:

From where the City's seething tide
Rolls on unceasing, day by day,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc ccccdd ececbb fgfXee ehehXX chahhh cgcgaX gXgXii hchceeXafafee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01010101 11010111 01010101 01010101 11011101 01010101 11011011 00101111 11010101 11010100 01110111 11110101 111101001 01011101 11110101 01010100 110010101 110010101 11011111 00110111 11011101 01111010 010010101 11000101 11111111 11111101 11110101 11111101 100010101 11010101 11010101 11011101 11011101 01011101 11010101 110101001 11110101 10011111 01011101 11111101 10010101 010101100 11110101 11010101 01010101 10110110 11011101 11011101 10111111 11011111 1101111 010100101 11010101 110011101 10111111 11111101 11010101 01110100 11010000 11111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 216
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; of, in, his, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Saint Paul's;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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