This is an analysis of the poem From Third Avenue On that begins with:

AND now she walks on out turned feet
Beside the litter in the street ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaabcccb dddefffe Xffgcccg gggeccce ggXaggga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 01010001 11010101 0101 11110101 11111001 01010101 1101 11110111 01010101 01111111 0011 11110101 11011101 110110001 1111 11010100 11010001 01011101 0101 11110001 01010001 11010101 0111 11110101 01110001 01110111 0111 11010101 01110001 11110001 1111 11011011 11110101 11110011 1111 11111101 11010001 01110101 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 249
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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 is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words she, it, or, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word or at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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