This is an analysis of the poem London Types: Sandwich-Man that begins with:
An ill March noon; the flagstones gray with dust;
An all-round east wind volleying straws and grit; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaXaXaXXbXbXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 1111011101 11111100111 110111001001 10001110101 10010100101 1001110111 1001011111 01001111111 010101110100 01010111010 01011001110 010101000110 11011010101 10010111110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 673
- Average number of words per stanza: 114
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, drunkard's are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words an, the are repeated.
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