London Crossfigured by Lawrence Ferlinghetti: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem London Crossfigured that begins with:

crossfigured
creeping with trams...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaabXacXcadbecdXaXXacXccXcXXdbcdddffcdeXXba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 43,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1000 1001 1010111 0010 110100 0010 0 110101 1010 01 10 11111010 1111010 1110101 11 101010101 01 1110101 1101 11101 1111 1101 1111 100 1111101 01 010 1101 101 11010 1 11101001 110111 111111101 010 11010 11 1001111 101010 111010 111100 101010 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 154
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; she is repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines completely is repeated).

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  • summary of London Crossfigured;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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