This is an analysis of the poem Songs Of The City that begins with:
Hushed is the midnight rush and roar,
At rest the pulse that all day long...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba cddc eeee fggf ehhe ijji gghg jeej kllk djjX gccg dmmd nffn eggeXcaac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10011111 11011111 101010101 01010101 01010001 01110111 110100101 10110111 11010101 01110101 010100101 101101001 11110111 01110101 010101001 10111111 11011101 010111001 10010101 01011101 010100101 11011101 01010101 11011101 110101110 10010111 01111101 101111010 11010111 11010111 11010011 111101101 01010101 01010101 010000101 010001001 11011111 11011101 01010111 110100100 110010111 11010101 10110111 01010101 01011001 01110101 11010101 11000101 11110111 11010101 01110101 01010101 10011101 010001010 110101010 01010101 01110101 01011111 011100101 010000101
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 141
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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