This is an analysis of Paris by Arthur Symons.

My Paris is a land where twilight days
Merge into violent nights of black and gold;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc aeea
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1100011111 10010010111 10100100101 1101110101 1101010101 0101110101 0111010101 1001011101 11001000101 1001011100 1001011101 0101011100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Anaphora

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