This is an analysis of the poem Night In The City that begins with:

The sluggish clouds hang low upon the town,
And from yon lamp in chilled and sodden rays ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb adcdXccac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101110101 1011011101 01011010101 1101000101 0101011101 0101010101 1011010101 0101110101 0101011111 110011101001 1101010101 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 189
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (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; and is repeated.

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  • summary of Night In The City;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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