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

A squalid, hideous town, where streams run black
With vomit of a hundred roaring mills,-... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXcXcdefedXgh bggbc befaXhXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,5,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01010011111 0100010101 1001011111 1001011100 100011110001 1111010111 11010010001 1101110111 1101011101 00010101001 1111010101 0100011111 111110101110 0100011101 0101010101 0100010100 0101110101 10010101001 1111011101 1010110101 11010101101 1100110101 0100110100 10001010111 01011010001 0111011101 010101101100 1101010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 381
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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