This is an analysis of the poem Aphrodite Metropolis that begins with:

Harry loves Myrtle--He has strong arms, from the warehouse,
And on Sunday when they take the bus to emerald meadows he doesn't say:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbcXabaXddXbXdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011011110011 1111111010100111101 1001100010111100010100 1 111111101001111101110 1110100 11001101 111101 11111101 10101100101101 1100111001111 101111010 10101101000 1 1011011 11 1110010011101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 732
  • Average number of words per stanza: 126
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; they, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Aphrodite Metropolis;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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