This is an analysis of the poem Broadway that begins with:
Under Grand Central's tattered vault
--maybe half a dozen electric stars still lit--...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaX bcc dae bcc cfg gaX hXX igX aXe iaj cai XdG kai lla fbk mib gjh aiX mjXXgdG
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10110101 101010010111 1101110111 10101101010 1001111111 001101100101 101100110 111010110111 01001011 111100101 0111101010 11101110 0101101 110101 1110001101 110101101 1111001 011010111 01010101011 00101110010 01011101011 111111101 011010011 01010101010 100111 0110111011 11110101 11010111001001 11111 001010100010 1010000101 100010001 1001011 0111101 0100110010 0100111 110111011111 10110110 1010110101 110101 01010101 11101001 1010101101 1011010 1010010 0110010100001 01001011 110001 1001001001011 11101101010 1111011 0111111110 01110101 111111111 001110111 00010010 10101011011 110101010110 111010100 0100111
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 60
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- 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; and, his, of, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines watch is repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Broadway;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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