This is an analysis of the poem Rushing Through Broadway Traffic that begins with:

Motivation!
And devotion combined, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXa XXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010 101001 101001 0101001001 10 0010010 1101100010 001011 110111011001 11001011110 01010010 10100110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 194
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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.

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  • summary of Rushing Through Broadway Traffic;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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