This is an analysis of the poem Of Brussels—it Was Not that begins with:
Of Brussels—it was not—
Of Kidderminster? Nay—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb dede cfefXaebe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010011 010001 01010001 110101 010101 010101 01010101 010101 011101 010101 01110101 110001 0110001 110101 100000101 1000001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 105
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, upholsterer are repeated.
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