This is an analysis of the poem From The Porch At Runnymede that begins with:

I stand above the city's rush and din,
And gaze far down with calm and undimmed eyes,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dede XbXbXacac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101010111 11110111001 0101011111 0101001111 1011110011 0101011101 1111010101 0101101111 1111010111 1111010111 1101010101 11010111001 1001011101 0101011101 1101011011 0111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, my are repeated.

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

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  • summary of From The Porch At Runnymede;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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