This is an analysis of the poem Westminster Boys that begins with:

Where at the central pulse of England's might
The Abbey towers stand stately, rears its head...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbacdcd edeede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1101010101 01010110101 11000100001 1010101001 0101011101 0100100111 1011110111 1011110111 1011111101 1001011111 0111110101 0111010101 01001110011 1001011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 314
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • 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; of, to are repeated.

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