This is an analysis of the poem In Trafalgar Square that begins with:

THE stars shone faint through the smoky blue;
The church-bells were ringing;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbbbbcdcdececfXfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011110101 011010 11110101 10110 11011111 11101 1110111111 10101 0111111001 10111 001001101001 11001 0010010101 001001 1111100001 111001 1101011110 101011 1100111010 101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 697
  • Average number of words per stanza: 121
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, and, to are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, their, and are repeated.

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