This is an analysis of the poem In Rotterdam that begins with:
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I gaze upon a city,— ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcXcdefe X ghghiefE X gjgjgefe X XkgkiefE a liXiiefe a jfbfXefE X djbjleXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1101010 010111 110010010 110101 0101110 110111 1110010 111101 1 0111110 010111 1001011 110011 0101010 011111 1111010 101101 1 1100110 110101 1111010 110101 1101010 010101 1111010 100101 1 1101010 011101 1101010 110101 0111110 110101 0111010 101101 1 1101010 110111 1101011 010001 1001010 110101 1111010 101101 1 0101010 110001 0101110 010101 0101010 1100111 0111010 101101 1 1101010 010101 0101010 101101 0101010 111101 1111010 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 63
- Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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 words i, and, the are repeated.
The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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