This is an analysis of the poem Glasgow that begins with:

Beautiful city of Glasgow, with your streets so neat and clean,
Your stateley mansions, and beautiful Green!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb c ddee ffgg c bbXd c hhfX c hhaa c hhaa c aaee c iiee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,4,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,1,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 100100110111111 11001011001 11110010010101 111101111001 10 101001001001 0011001111101 1010111001 10110101001 1100010110011 1001101101 1101001001110 11001001111110010 10 0110010100101 10100010010001 111010101110010 11010100010111 10 1101010011010011 00010011101101 01010011010001 011101110100101 10 1110110110111011 0001011100101 11100001 1101010110010001 10 1110110101011 101010111011001 11111011111 101100111001 10 11110100110001 00100101111 1001001010101101 101011111111 10 10010011110111 1010101111101 101101010101001 11010101001010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (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; your, beautiful, and, to, statue, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Glasgow;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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