This is an analysis of the poem From Fifth Avenue Up that begins with:

SOMEDAY beneath some hard
Capricious star— ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdb efafff fgXgdg ebcXhb ahXhih ijXjhj fegege cfkfkf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110111 0101 1001010 101 1111010 111 1111111 101 011110 011 1101010 111 11110001 0111 1101110 101 1111110 10001 0101111 101 1001001 101 11111010 101 1111110 001 1111011 10001 00101110 111 11101010 101 0101011 101 110101 0101 111110 101 11001110 111 1101011 10101 1010101 0111 101110 010 01101010 001
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, your are repeated.

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  • summary of From Fifth Avenue Up;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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