This is an analysis of the poem Spring Comes To Murray Hill that begins with:

I sit in an office at 244 Madison Avenue
And say to myself You have a responsible job havenue?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXaXXXaXXaXXXXbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011011100101 110111100100110 111110011110100 011011111011000100 01101111101101000 1111101001011110100 111010010000100 1010101110101010110 100 11110010001000 0100001001001000 010101010011110101 10 10010111110110 10110101001 0101001110010111100100 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 849
  • Average number of words per stanza: 159
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, kansas are repeated.

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

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