This is an analysis of the poem Fire-Fly City that begins with:

Like a long arrow through the dark the train is darting,
Bearing me far away, after a perfect day of love's delight:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac dede fefe agag ahah
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010101010 1011011000110101 10001011100010 11010101111101 1001011101010 1011111101010111 1011011101010 01010101010111 1101110111010 1101011101010101 1011011100010 11010101111101 1111011111011 1001011101011011 1001011101011 01000101110101 11010011100110 1001011001011101 1001111101010 010110001010101 1001010111010 1011011101111101 1011010101010 01010101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 59 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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