This is an analysis of the poem Mayor Harold Washington that begins with:
Mayor. Worldman. Historyman.
Beyond steps that occur and close,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaX X XaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,1,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101000 01110111 1111010 11100010 10111 110010010 00110010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 66
- Average number of words per stanza: 11
- Amount of lines: 7
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Mayor Harold Washington;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
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