This is an analysis of the poem To A Poet that begins with:

There is a lovely noise about your name,
Above the shoutings of the city clear, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1001010111 0101000101 1101010011 01010100101 0100111101 1000110011 0101010101 0101010101 1011010101 11001010011 0101001101 0101001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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 is repeated.

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

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