This is an analysis of the poem Town And Country that begins with:

THE Sun tells to Trafalgar Square
His old and radiant story, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eded eded fdfd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01100101 01110010 110001011 0101010 11110101 0110010 11010101 1001010 1101001 0111110 11111101 1101010 11010111 1111110 01000101 0101110 11010111 0101010 101101001 0100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Town And Country;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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