This is an analysis of the poem London By Lamplight that begins with:
There stands a singer in the street,
He has an audience motley and meet; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa Xabb ccdd bbee ffgg ddff ddff aahh bbdd ffbb iiii jcaa ffkk cjaa eell mmkk ccnn ooee nnhh ggaa aaaa eeaa llaa jjhh ffXf ddXf ppmm hhgg ppqq hhbbXaaaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010001 1111001011 011100101 101011101 01001010 11101101 11010101 01110011 110100101 11111111 01010101 1111001 11010101 11110101 01010111 01011111 11110111 010111101 11110101 010000111 11000110 0101001001 11010101 01011101 110010101 0100100101 11010101 01110111 10110101 11111111 01010101 11011111 11011101 10011101 01110101 11010011 11110101 11010101 11010101 010011101 111100101 01011101 11100101 11010111 01101100 110011001 110010101 11011101 01001101 11111111 11010101 11011101 11100101 11110100 11100101 11010101 11011111 11000101 11110111 10011101 11110101 010101001 01111101 11110101 11110111 00010101 01110101 11010101 111101110 010101010 01010101 11000101 01010101 110101001 111001001 11010101 01110111 01000111 11010101 110000101 11011101 11010111 01001101 11111001 11000111 11010101 11011101 11010101 01010101 01010101 11011101 00010101 01010100 11000100 110100101 01011101 01010111 01011101 01110101 111101001 01100101 11011001 1100101010 01110101 010101001 10101011 01010101 010110111 11010111 11011101 01000101 01011101 01001111 01010001 01010001 110010101 10110101 110111101 010011101 11110111 11011101 01010101 110001001 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 31
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 142
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 124
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; and, of, all are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, the are repeated.
The author used the same words o, this at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word night at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase youth connects the lines.
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