This is an analysis of the poem The City Streets that begins with:

A CITY of Palaces! Yes, that's true: a city of palaces built for trade;
Look down this street—what a splendid view of the temples where fabulous...

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccbb ddddeebb ffaaXabb eeeegg hhbbbb ffffii iiee ffff aacc jjXbeebbff kkaaXdggbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,6,6,6,4,4,4,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01001001110100100111 11011010100101100111 11101001010101001001 0101100101010100101 11001001011010010111 10101001110011101100101 1101001010100100101 01110010101111100101 1101001011100100101 11101010110101110101 11101011010000100101 101001101011101101101 111010110111100101111 1100100101110101001001 1010110010110101100101 1110110110111110100101 01001001110101100101 11010110111110101101 01001011011111101101 0101100101010101101 0011110110110101101101 101110010010111110101 01011011111110011101 1110100101110100101 11010111111110100101 010110011101001001001 111110101011101101 111011010110101101101 110111110101011001010 111010001110101101010 1111101011111111001 11100110101111110101 01111001011010100101 101011001010110101101 1101001011110011101 01001001111010110101 11001110011011101101 11101011110010011111 0101101101011110101 111110010000110100101 1101110110100100101 10001100011010110101 101011110111001001001 011010110110101100101 1110101101111111001101 1111101111011110101 11101001001101011100 00100101011011101101 1011010110101001101001 111110101110010001001 11001111111110101101 00011011010110111001 1110110010111100101111 01001001011010100101 011111010111010110101 01001001011101011011001 1101001011110011110 01111101111101100101 110010111101001101001 11111010010101001001 110110010111100101001 111011001101001111001 11011111010101001001 01101101001010101001101 10111101111010010111 1110100101010101101 00101001110010100001 0101100110111100110101 110111011110101001100 010001010011101001010 010110111101001001010 1010010010111101101110 1111101101110110101 0011010101011010100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 583
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 74
  • Average number of symbols per line: 86 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 16
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, where, city, to, her, be, your, if, it are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word streets at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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