This is an analysis of the poem To Brooklyn Bridge that begins with:

How many dawns, chill from his rippling rest
The seagull's wings shall dip and pivot him,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbc debb Xfff aagb aXXf effX dhdh gdXb adcd gifiXbggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011001001 0111111101 1011010101 1001110100 10010010111 1100001111 1101000101 1101011011 11010010101 01011011101 1001110001 0101011011 1101010101 1101110111 1101001011 0100110101 1011110111 0100101100 10110011010 0110010101 1101000111 0110010101 1101011101 1101010101 1011110001 1101011101 0101001101 1001110111 1111000101 1111011101 0101100101 1001010101 0101011111 10001000100101 1011010100 1111110011 10111101110 1001001111 01010010101 01011001101 1101010101 1001010101 1011011101 10010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 167
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of To Brooklyn Bridge;
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