This is an analysis of the poem Fifth Avenue (New York) that begins with:

Seasons bring nothing to this gulch
Save a harshly intimate anecdote...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabacddbacdcccaeXXffcXXcXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 27,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110001 1010100101 11111111 01010110 0011100010 101101 101001010 1001011010101 1111010 101010 01111101010 100101 01101101 010100101 11110101 10010111 10100001 111000110101 011001001 0111000101 1010101 010101011 11011111 01010100100 1010010101 1110011 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 925
  • Average number of words per stanza: 149
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in is repeated.

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  • summary of Fifth Avenue (New York);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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