This is an analysis of the poem To The City Of Bombay that begins with:

The Cities are full of pride,
Challenging each to each --... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcdcX eded fdfdfd eaeaea gagaga hhhX hihihi jkjk ifiXfddf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,4,6,6,6,4,6,4,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101101 100101 000101 1001001 111111 111111 101111 1101101 1011011 101010100 1011100 110111 1101101 10101101 11100101 111001 11100101 110101 100111 110111 110101 111101 110101 110101 100111 110111 111111 110101 110001 110101 111111 111101 100111 1011001 100001 101110110 1011011 110101 1001001 1111001 0101101 1011101 110111 110111 111111 010001 1111101 100101 100101 111100 110011 1011101 0100101 1111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 54
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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