This is an analysis of the poem Dear Old London that begins with:
When I was broke in London in the fall of '89,
I chanced to spy in Oxford Street this tantalizing sign, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabbccaX ccddeeaX ffgghhaX iijjjjaX cckkccaX gglljjaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 111101000101 110010101010101 11010111011101 01010101010101 010111101111101 01010101111110 11011111111111 111101000101 11100001111101 01011111101011 0101010110001 11000101010111 01110101111101 111110101110101 111011001000101 111101000101 11001101010101 11010101111101 011111001010101 11001010110011 11010011110111 01010101010101 11110101111101 111101000101 001111110111001 110010101110101 11011101010101 1010100111010101 110100101011101 01110101110011 01011000111101 111101000101 11110101110101 01011101111101 01011100110001 010111010101001 010101010100101 11010100100001 11010101110011 111101000101 100101001110101 11010101110001 10010101110101 11110101010101 1011010111111 110001111110111 11010101111101 1001101000101
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 458
- Average number of words per stanza: 85
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 11
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, in, and, that, of, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, and, the, when are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word '89 at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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