This is an analysis of the poem The Bridge: The Tunnel that begins with:

Performances, assortments, résumés—
Up Times Square to Columbus Circle lights ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xabbcddeed dfghibX ejkblh bddddlc fjamllee fjnbfon bmld aakfXdp i lqXal ard sbelee mlbeelmXmff ds eXlaXmmhqrmlmim gmXmbm lttljhjen hXossenn hrlbbnrpdXnnn XrX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,7,6,7,8,7,4,7,1,5,3,6,11,2,15,6,9,8,13,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01001001 1110010101 1001001010 100001010010 01001011101 1111111101 1101010101 1101000111 1011111001 0101110101 111111 11 11001110 10101 011010 00101 1111 1111111101 010101010101 11110111110 0101010001 11001010101 0111010101 01001010101 1001010101 0101110111 1101010111 1101110101 1101011101 00010101010 11 010101 11100101 110001 0101010 1010101 010001 0101010101 1101010101 1101 11101001 1010101010 0100110011 110101010 111010100 1101110101 0101110011 0101010001 11010101 1111101101 1010111100 110111110 11111101 110110 110 101 1111011 0101010001 1101110111 0111000100 1101111001 0111100001 11110001010 1110 01110101001 1101000101 1101010101 10010010101 011001001 1001011101 0100010001 11111011101 1111010111 0101110101 1011011111 1011101101 1101100001 10110111101 11111101 11001111101 1111010101 1001010101 11001011101 01110010011 001101010101 10 0101011010011 1011110111 1100010101 1111011101 100100010101 1101110001 1001010101 10010 111100101 01010101011 110110001 11010111 110110101 1101011110 1100000101 100100110100 0111010111 11011110111 1101010101 1001010101 11001000101 10101000101 110001010101 00100111111 0111110101 1000010111 01010000101 0100011101 1111001111 1011001100 0111011100 0100111101 1111000101 0111010101 01010100101 0100111011 01110101 1101010111010 11001001001101 1010011101 1101010100010 0101111101 101101110111010 100101010011 10001010101 110101011100 1000101110001 1101011101 1101010101 1011001100 11010 100
  • Amount of stanzas: 21
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 263
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 158
  • 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; you, like, and, one are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).

    The poet repeated the same word die 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 connects the lines.

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  • summary of The Bridge: The Tunnel;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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