This is an analysis of the poem Ode To Bombay that begins with:

I had promised you a poem before I died
Diamonds storming out of the blackness of a piano...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbcccd cXeX bcceda eXdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,6,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111010100111 10101001000010 1111111111 0101100100110 1100110010101 11111011001 0101101001101001 011101101011 111010011001 0100010010101 0100010010111 01001010 111010110 11101000100 11101010100 1011010101011 111111111 1011001010 11101110 111111 11011010 00101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; i, your, my, of are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Ode To Bombay;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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