This is an analysis of the poem As I Walked Through London that begins with:

As I walked through London,
The fresh wound burning in my breast,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbAbbbcaccabbdbdbadc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111110 01110011 111110 100101001011101 010101001001 11010111 0101110111 011010010101 101111 111101101101 111101 1101001 1100111001001 1100111001 011101 01001001001011 1101101 1001011011011 11001 1001001001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 830
  • Average number of words per stanza: 147
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; to, my are repeated.

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