This is an analysis of the poem The Desolate City that begins with:
DARK to me is the earth. Dark to me are the heavens.
Where is she that I loved, the woman with eyes like stars? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabc adXc eccd fgcc hicX Xjka XXXeh kjhj jfgf XXfa hiXgXfkbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010011011010 1011110100111 1001011000010 11010111111101 10111101010110 1001011110101 10010011100110 111001101101 0110110010011010 11101110111001 10010111010010 100100100001001 11100101110010 10111101111011 1111001101011010 10011110111011 11101111011010 111111001001011 11110111001110 110100010110101 101110101110010 100011010110101 10010111111011 101110100111 10111111011100 11110101110110 1 111111000110110 10010011111011 110100101101011 10110110101001 111111100111010 11110011111001 101110111111111 11010111101011 1111011111010 110111100101 11101101111100 11101101110111 10111101010110 10010111100111 1010111111110 1001011111001 1111111111110 11110101111101 1101010101110 10011011011111 11111101011110 11010111111101
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 278
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 68 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, in, to, of, this, that, my, where, none, and, its, me, her, she, all, thy, like, love, no, therefore are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, see, she, love, therefore are repeated.
The author used the same word speak at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Desolate City;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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