This is an analysis of the poem N. Y. that begins with:
My City, my beloved, my white! Ah, slender,
Listen! Listen to me, and I will breathe into thee a soul....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abc dXdX dXdcba
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,4,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101011110 101001110100101 10000101011 11111111 1110101010010 0011 10111011010111 1101010 1101011 111010101 1001011 110100101 1111110
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 154
- Average number of words per stanza: 32
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thou, and are repeated.
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- summary of N. Y.;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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