This is an analysis of the poem Twilight On Sixth Avenue At Ninth Street that begins with:

Over the tops of the houses
Twilight and sunset meet. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb XcXc adXd acac Xece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010010 111111 0101001 100101 01001001 100101 010100110 10100111 010010010 1000101 101001110 1110001 01010010 010111 00111011 0100101 111001001 010101 1101010 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 134
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; of is repeated.

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