This is an analysis of the poem The Beautiful City Of Perth that begins with:

Beautiful Ancient City of Perth,
One of the grandest on the earth,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbb ccddd cceee cccc bbfff bXbgg ggggg hhggggXbbggg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,4,5,5,5,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 100101001 10010101 0110101111 11010011101 1110100001 0110100001 1010110111001 001101001 10110011111 110101101 011010001 101011101001 10101111111 1010111111 010110101 0010111000101 0100010110 010001001001010001 11010101 1011011010001 101110011111 0110110101011 10110111100001 011011111 010001000101 111101011 01001101001 1010011011 11111011001 01010010100111 1000110010110101 0010011100010101 111010111 11011101101 1010011001 101110111001 1110101001 10101000100010101 101110011101 101000101001001 10010010100001 011111101 111010111 10010101001 11000110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • 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; of, inch, and, he are repeated.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word day at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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