This is an analysis of the poem On The Boulevard that begins with:
Oh, it's pleasant sitting here,
Seeing all the people pass;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXcDcD efefcbcb gagaeheh aiaXjbjb fafXefef cicidfdf klklkXkh cfcfldld fcfcidid cfcfabab aiaiijij eXeiiDiD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 1010101 1011101 1011101 1001101 1010101 1010001 1010101 1010101 0011101 1110111 1010111 1011111 10111001 1011101 0010001 11000010 1110101 10100010 1000101 1010101 1110101 1010101 10010101 1110101 1111101 1010101 110100 1010101 0111101 1110101 10100001 1110101 1100111 0110111 00101010 1010111 1010100 1100001 0010111 1010111 1011101 1111111 1010101 1010101 1010110 0010101 1011101 1010101 1010101 0010101 0010101 1011101 1010000 1011101 1111101 1011101 1010111 1010101 0010101 1010101 1000101 0011101 1010101 101100101 1110111 1011111 1010101 1111101 1011101 1101111 1110011 1010101 1011101 1011111 1011101 1110001 1010101 1010101 10100101 1010101 1110101 1110001 1110101 1111101 11111001 1010101 1010111 1010111 1110111 1010101 1010101 1010111 1010101 1110111 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 238
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 96
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; and, he, wait, her are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, he, now are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word see at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of On The Boulevard;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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