This is an analysis of the poem The City Of Brass that begins with:
“Here was a people whom after their works thou shalt see wept over for their lost dominion:and in this palace is the last information respecting... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a Xbcc bbddeeaf ggfffXhheX XXggiijjgg iXffggccgghhiX ii hhjjcciiggeeXXhh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,8,10,10,14,2,16,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010110111111101111000001000101100101010001001001 00110110101001110 0101101111011011 1111101001011011 10100101011001101 1011011110010 110010111011010 0010111010111110 0011010011010010 110110110011010 110111011100010 0011010010100010 10010011010010 10111011110110 001001101111100 111010110010010 110011010111010 1011110111010110 1010010110110110 1010111010110010 1011110011111010 1011010010010010 1110010010010100 111110011110010 11011011111011 111010111101011 1110010010111011 111111110110010 11011110110010 111011011111010 0111010011011010 1010010010111011 010110011010011 11110111010010 110110111011000 1010011010110110 111010110011110 101001010110010 1111010111100010 1010010111110010 1011011010010010 1011100011011010 0010010011111010 1110010111010110 010010111111010 11111011111010010 110010111011100 1011110011111110 1010010010011110 11010011110010 10011011010010 1111111111110010 011011010111010 101111101001001 1011111110111010 0111111010011110 0010010011111010 11110011010010 010111111011010 010111001010010 0111100011010110 010010110010010 0100010011010110 1011111011011010 1010010010011010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 548
- Average number of words per stanza: 99
- Amount of lines: 66
- Average number of symbols per line: 66 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, in, and, to, of, who, has, his, him, hath, them, they, then, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, and, they, the are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines them, him, it are repeated).
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- summary of The City Of Brass;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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