This is an analysis of the poem A Town that begins with:

A BUSY town mid Britain's isle,
Behold in fancy's eye ;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca dddd dede fgfg hbhb gigi bfXf hdhd fhfh bfbf jhjh dXdX gkgk bXbj gdgd jljl bmbm bgbgXfgfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011101 010101 010111101 010101 11010111 111101 11010111 110111 11000101 010111 11010110 010111 01010101 011111 010000101 010101 11011101 010011 01000101 010101 11011101 0100101 11001101 010111 11110101 111111 11011101 010101 01010101 110111 11011100 010101 110011101 110110 110010101 111100 01010100 010101 01110011 110101 11010101 010101 010010101 110101 11011101 011111 11010101 110101 00010101 111101 01010101 110100 11000101 110001 11011101 110101 110010100 1101010 01010111 1101001 01010101 010111 10110111 110101 11110101 010101 01010101 110111 01010101 010101 01110101 010111 11110101 111111 11010101 111101 11011101 1100101 11010101 010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 20
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 80
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of A Town;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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