This is an analysis of the poem Once I Pass'D Through A Populous City that begins with:
ONCE I pass'd through a populous city, imprinting my brain, for
future use, with its shows, architecture, customs, and... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXaaXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111010010010111 1010011010101 010 1101110101010010110001 110111101 1111111100101111 001011 1010111011011000101 0111011110101 011111011111 1101011010111100
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 599
- Average number of words per stanza: 103
- Amount of lines: 11
- Average number of symbols per line: 54 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, me, by are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word again is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase again connects the lines.
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