This is an analysis of the poem The City that begins with:
I own the charms of lovely Nature; still,
In human nature more delight I find.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd cecX bebe fgffg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101010101 0101010111 11010010001 1101010011 1101010001 1101011111 1101010011 1101010101 01010011101 01010011101 1101010111 1111110111 1101010001 1101010101 1101010001 0101010101 1101110111 0101011111 1011111101 1101110111 1110110111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 179
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 21
- 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; i, of, and, its, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, the are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The City;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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