This is an analysis of the poem Mannahatta that begins with:
I WAS asking for something specific and perfect for my city,
Whereupon, lo! upsprang the aboriginal name!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ab acXXdefgdegdhXXijXhdcifcdfddgaeXhjaibXb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,39,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101100101011110 1011100101001 11111000101101010 1001010 11101011001111 01111110010101010 111001 1111010101101 10011011010 10010111010101 11000100111 1111011110111 0101100101010010 1001010 0101011100100 101011101101 0111010100100100 100011011010010 1 1000100111010001 0110101010100100 1110 0101011101010101 010101101010010 10011110011111 00100010010111001 1011001 10110011010011 1 00101010101101 10 01010101101101010100 0101011011 011011110011 0100100100101100100 100111 0101001110 01001101110000100110 10000 010011111110110011 1011111100
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1158
- Average number of words per stanza: 176
- Amount of lines: 41
- Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
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; that, word, of, city, and, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
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- summary of Mannahatta;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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