This is an analysis of the poem On 52nd Street that begins with:
Down sat Bud, raised his hands,
the Deuces silenced, the lights...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdefgXbcgheiidbeceechXejXafcXijbaidbeege
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 42,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111101 0101001 101110 10101110 101011111 010101010 110111 100111001 101100010 1111001001 0101010101 1101101 0101010101 01110011 1111101 010111 0100111 11101 00100101 11111 1011011 1010101 01000101 11001100 011111 111011 111110 1110011 1010110 10111001 011111010 1101010 1101001010 11001111 10100001 11010001 110011100 011101 1111011 11011001 0101111 1011111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1365
- Average number of words per stanza: 238
- Amount of lines: 42
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of On 52nd Street;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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