Analysis of Cities and What They Mean



Rome.  City of Love.
Paris.  City of Lights.
Warsaw.  The Phoenix City.
Detroit.  The Motor City.
Chicago.  The Windy City.
New York.  The Greatest City.
Berlin.  The Proudest City.
Los Angeles.  City of Angels.
Pittsburgh.  The Steel City.
Denver.  The Mile High City.


Scheme ABCCCCCDCC
Poetic Form Etheree  (20%)
Metre 11011 101011 101010 0101010 0101010 1101010 0101010 110010110 100110 1001110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 269
Words 52
Sentences 20
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 197
Words per stanza (avg) 53
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Written on January 17, 2024

Submitted by raetally on January 17, 2024

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