This is an analysis of the poem London Stone that begins with:
WHEN you come to London Town,
(Grieving-grieving!)... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBab aBab cBcb dBXX aBab eBeb dBdb fBfXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101 1010 11101101 101010 1110101 1010 1111111 001010 1110101 1010 1010111 1011110 1110111 1010 1001100 10101010 11101110 1010 010111110 1101010 10111111 1010 1110101 101110 10101001 1010 1011111 1111110 10010111 1010 1111111 1110111 111010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 120
- Average number of words per stanza: 21
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; grieving is repeated.
The author used the same words when, for at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word grieving at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of London Stone;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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