This is an analysis of the poem The Crowded Street that begins with:

Let me move slowly through the street,
Filled with an ever-shifting train,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd aeae fgfg ffff chch ifif ebeb jaja kakaXcece
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110101 10110101 01010111 010011101 11010101 01010101 11010111 11011111 11010101 01010101 010101001 01010101 11010101 11010101 01010101 01001101 11110101 11011101 11111101 010010111 10111101 11010011 11011101 11000101 11010101 101100011 110101011 110100101 10010111 01111101 1101000101 11010101 11011111 011101101 11110101 11010101 11011101 11111101 10111101 00111101 110010111 01010101 11000101 11000101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, who are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, who are repeated.

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of The Crowded Street;
  • central theme;
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