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

Here in the crowded city's busy street,
Swayed by the eager, jostling, hasting throng, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaccdXcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1001010101 11010100101 1101110111 11010101001 0100010101 111110011 1000010101 1111010101 1101110101 0111010101 11011101101 1101011100 1101110101 11110010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 628
  • Average number of words per stanza: 107
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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