This is an analysis of the poem The Sleeping City that begins with:

A Princess in the eastern tale
Paced thro' a marble city pale, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd eXff eedd ffff ddee eegg ffee hhii hhdd ffdd ggjX hhii ddXf kkff bbjj gghh llii eeee bbee hhbb hhff ffmm ffnn ffXX ooXi gglp iieeXlpaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01000101 11010101 11010101 01011101 11000111 01010101 11010111 01010011 10011101 11010100 01010100 100010101 01010101 01000111 11010101 110101001 11011101 11000101 01010101 11001101 11110101 01011101 11000101 1111101 11010111 11010001 1100100101 101100001 110011010 110001010 11110101 01011101 01010111 11010001 110101001 01000101 1100001001 01010111 11010101 010011001 11011001 11000101 1101001001 11011101 111100101 10001001 101100101 01011111 01001001 11011101 11010101 10111101 01010111 01011111 110001101 11010101 11011101 01000101 10011111 010110001 11010111 11110111 01110101 10010101 010100111 01001101 01011101 11110101 0100100111 01011101 01011101 01110111 01000101 11010101 0101011 010010101 01011101 01010101 1011101 10010001 110101001 111011101 11010101 110111101 110010101 1100111001 01010101 01110111 11010101 11010111 01011101 010011101 01010101 11000101 11010101 01110101 11000101 01111101 1110101 01010101 11010101 01010101 0100011010 11010101 11110101 10110101 10010111 01000100 01010101 01010101 01010111 11001001 10010111 01010100 01010101 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 29
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 116
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and, as are repeated.

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

    The author used the same words the, while at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Sleeping City;
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  • history of its creation;
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