This is an analysis of the poem 10th Chorus Mexico City Blues that begins with:

The great hanging weak teat of India
on the map...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXabcXdeXcXXfcadbXf eXc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0110110100 101 01010100 01010 0010111 0101001 0111011 0010 01001010 101 1100111 1110010 010100010 101010 1011 01010 1001011 0101 1011000 1 101 1011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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