This is an analysis of the poem Spring Song In The City that begins with:

WHO remains in London,
In the streets with me, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdede afXfgggg haXagcgc aigijgjg Xdcdgcgc ibhbfafa gdcdaiaiXcdhdfafa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010 00101 1101010 11001 1111111 101110 1011101 101110 101110 101001 111010 10101 1011111 101010 1010111 101010 101010 10001 001011 11101 1111101 111010 1110101 101010 101010 10111 111010 010001 1010111 101110 1010101 101010 101010 10100 100110 00101 10101011 111110 1011011 101010 101010 10110 101110 10111 1111101 110101 11011101 10101 110010 00101 101010 10100 101011 001110 1010111 101010 100010 01101 1001010 10111 1010101 101110 101101 101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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