This is an analysis of the poem In A City that begins with:

In an eastern city where I won’t return
there is a winged stone light and huge...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXababbaaXaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01101011101 10011111 101011 11110010 011011101 1010110010 01111010010 110110101 0110110111 0110011011110 011110110101 1110101001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 493
  • Average number of words per stanza: 99
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; you is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines water is repeated).

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